Francis Garnier

Marie Joseph François (Francis) Garnier (25 July 1839 - 21 December 1873) was a French officer and explorer known for his exploration of the Mekong River in Southeast Asia.

References

• Milton Osborne, River Road to China: The Search for the Source of the Mekong, 1866-73 (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999) ISBN 0871137526
• Milton Osborne, "Francis Garnier (1839-1873), Explorer of the Mekong River", Explorers of South-east Asia, Six Lives, ed. Victor T. King, (Kuala Lumpur: OUP, 1995)
• Milton Osborne, River Road to China: The Mekong River Expedition, 1866-1873 (London and New York, 1975)
• The narrative of the principal expedition appeared in 1873, as Voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine effectue pendant les annees 1866, 1867 et 1868, publie sous la direction de M. Francis Gamier, avec le concours de M. Delaporte et de MM. Joubert et Thorel (2 vols.) Only 800 copies were printed, and the original work is now rare.
• Transl. Walter E. J. Tips:
• Travels in Cambodia and Part of Laos: the Mekong Exploration Commission report (1866-1868), volume 1 (White Lotus Press, 1996)
• A pictorial journey on the old Mekong: Cambodia, Laos and Yunnan: the Mekong Exploration Commission report (1866-1868), volume 3 (White Lotus Press, 1998)
• An account of the Yang-tsze-Kiang from Garnier's pen is given in the Bulletin de la Soc. de Geog. (1874).
• His Chronique royale du Cambodje, was reprinted from the Journal Asiatique in 1872.
• Ocean Highways (1874) for a memoir by Colonel Yule
• Hugh Clifford, Further India, in the Story of Exploration series (1904).