John Crawfurd, sent by Lord Hastings, the governor-general of India, to Siam and Cochinchina, came on from Bangkok to Saigon, but Minh Mạng refused to receive him. George Finlayson, who visited Gia Định that year, left a portrait of the governor-general Lê Văn Duyệt.
Political
British mission of John Crawfurd at Saigon
- 1822
- Southeast Asia
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