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 +====== a XIXth Century Bassac ======
  
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 +At the end of the XIXth Century, **[[#A steamer named Bassac]]** was already trading on the lower Mekong.
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 +====== the River Shipping Company of Cochinchina, story of a monopoly ======
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 +==== Bibliography ====
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 +We owe special thanks to ANAI for having allowed us to find this striking picture of the 1890s **Bassac**, which triggered our study and the present page.
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 +  * ANAI, les [[http://www.anai-asso.org/NET/document/loeuvre_de_la_france/loeuvre_de_la_france/infrastructures_terrestres_et_portuaires/messageries_fluviales/index.htm|Messageries Fluviales de Cochinchine]]
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 +    * ANAI, Navigating the Mekong, 1898: la [[http://www.anai-asso.org/NET/document/loeuvre_de_la_france/loeuvre_de_la_france/infrastructures_terrestres_et_portuaires/navigation_du_mekong/index.htm|navigation du Mékong (1898)]]
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 +  * French Memories from China / Souvenir Français de Chine: the very good page about [[http://www.souvenir-francais-asie.com/blog/2010/04/le-chemin-de-fer-de-khone/|Khonê railway]]
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 +  * [[http://bellindochine.free.fr|Belle Indochine]], a rich collection of documents on Idochina in the XXth Century.
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 +    * Belle Indochine, [[http://belleindochine.free.fr/MessagerieFluviale.htm|les Messageries Fluviales]]. Unmissable.
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 +  * On-line magazine, Colonial Studies: [[http://etudescoloniales.canalblog.com/archives/_8___indochine_asie_histoires/p10-0.html|Revue en ligne, Études Coloniales]]
 +
 +  * Historic Vietnam [[http://www.historicvietnam.com/the-mysterious-khon-island-portage-railway/|The Mysterious Khon Island Portage Railway]], with a beautiful map.
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 +  * Messageries Fluviales de Cochinchine, //[[http://digital.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=sea;idno=sea013|Excursions aux temples d'Angkor; livret du passager]]//, 1912, in SouthEast Asia Visions
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 +    * Beautiful color picture of the cover of //[[http://belleindochine.free.fr/images/MessagerieFluviale/livretdupassager1912.JPG|Excursions aux temples d'Angkor; livret du passager]]//
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 +  * Striking pictures of the Khone bridge today and of launch Trentinian of the //Messageries Fluviales// getting on tracks at Khône to go serve in Laos: [[http://www.thaitransport-photo.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1639|Thaitransport-photo.net]]
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 +  * Many pictures in [[http://etudescoloniales.canalblog.com/archives/2018/07/25/36584218.html|Etudes Coloniales]]'s file on the  recovery of a launch's wreck.