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                          EXPLORERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS                                                                                     HENRI MOUHOT.
                                                                                                                                          PORTRAIT, 1863
                          In 1866 Ernest Doudart de Lagrée led an expedition on the Mekong River.                                         LEONARD DE SELVA/ACI
                          Under the pretext of scientific and cartographic research, his team sought to

                          consolidate French dominance of the area. Following in the footsteps of Henri
                          Mouhot, Doudart made his way to Angkor, taking with him photographer
                          Émile Gsell, who took some of the first photographs of the ancient Cambodian
                          capital.
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