Book
The Kingdom of Annam and the Annamese: journal of the voyage of J. L. Dutreuil de Rhins
E. Plon et Cie • Paris • Published In 1879 • Pages:
By: Rhins, J.-L. Dutreuil de (Jules Léon), Messner, Charles A..
Abstract
Dutreuil de Rhins was a French naval officer who was given command of one of five warships presented to the King of Annam in 1876. His impressions of the land and the people, while strongly biased and subjective, are of some importance because of the date (1876) and because of his encounters with Vietnamese who had little contact with the French up to that point. His observations cover aspects of the society that are usually found in theoretical form, such as the power of the Emperor and the mandarins. He also presented information on the military, the state of trade (with statistics), descriptions of the topography based on explorations, and charts of meteorological data, etc. While some of the material in this source has not been classified because of its lack of specific ethnographic material on Vietnamese culture, it is of sufficient merit to warrant reading the entire source for such Vietnamese reactions to French culture as are described here. Dutreuil de Rhins has transliterated Vietnamese names phonetically into French. Where exact identification has been possible, the Vietnamese (QUOC NGU) has also been given.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Government Official
- Document Rating
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- Analyst
- Roseanne Mandler ; 1952: John Beierle ; 2006
- Field Date
- 1876-1877
- Coverage Date
- 1876-1877
- Coverage Place
- central (TRUNG BO) Vietnam
- Notes
- [by] J. L. Dutreuil de Rhins
- Translation of: [Le royaume d'Annam et les Annamites : journal de voyage de J. L. Dutreuil de Rhins]
- Translated from the French for Human Relations Area Files by C. A. Messner
- LCSH
- Vietnamese