LSE4329271 Traditional canoe race on the Mekong River, organized every year at the end of the rainy season, as a prestigious competition between the fishing and farming villages nearby the river. Engraving to illustrate the voyage of exploration in Indochina, by Francis Garnier, lieutenant of ship, in 1866-1868, published in ??????Le tour du monde??????????1872, edited by Edouard Charton, edition Hachette, Paris. Selva Collection. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Traditional canoe race on the Mekong River, organized every year at the end of the rainy season, as a prestigious competition between the fishing and farming villages nearby the river. Engraving to illustrate the voyage of exploration in Indochina, by Francis Garnier, lieutenant of ship, in 1866-1868, published in ??????Le tour du monde??????????1872, edited by Edouard Charton, edition Hachette, Paris. Selva Collection.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.