The Romance of the Grand Tour: 100 Years of Travel in South East Asia Condition:Good French colonialism

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The Romance of the Grand Tour: 100 Years of Travel in South East Asia Condition:Good French colonialismRetracing the steps of the grand tourists from the turn of the 20th century, this book captures the living heritage of 12 exotic locations. Each chapter focuses on a different port of call from Rangoon (Yangon) to Hong Kong, through the former Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca and Singapore and the old Dutch East Indies cities of Batavia (Jakarta) and Surabaya, via Bangkok to former Indochina at Phnom Penh, Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and Hanoi,