Channel soundings of the port reach of the Saigon river, surveyed in 1863 by the naval engineers Vidalin and Héraud, four years after the citadel fell.
F. Vidalin (1831–1887) and G. Héraud (1839–1914) surveyed it on Rear-Admiral de La Grandière's orders; the Dépôt des cartes et plans published it in 1866. It covers the port and part of the Bến Nghé creek, with the tide notes for 1863, and marks the commercial port, the naval yard with its arsenal and floating dock, and the Observatoire mast raised by Rear-Admiral Bonard — the ancestor of today's Thủ Ngữ flagpole. The seat of government sits inside four streets now called Hai Bà Trưng, Nguyễn Du, Pasteur and Lý Tự Trọng. The Phụng citadel still stands, abandoned since 1859, and the streets are still numbered: they were not named until the decree of 1 February 1865.
Summarised from the caption at Trung tâm Lưu trữ quốc gia II, nac2.gov.vn/csdl/bando/6.html
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- 1866
- Original title
- 1863
- Creator
- Vidalin, F. (cartographe)
- Held by
- Humazur, Université Côte d'Azur
- Shelfmark
- ASE 2518-14
- Rights
- Public domain
- Collection
- Vietnam Map Archive
- Place
- Saigon-HCMC
- Type
- plan
- Format
- Carte à plat | 91*62 cm