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Servicing the colonial exploitation: The French establishment and management of Phù Liễn Observatory, 1899–1945 (2023)

Nguyen Thi Hoai Phuong (Author)

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Volume: 26
Issue: 1
Pages: 69-82
Publication date: 2023
Language: English

URI: https://engine.scichina.com/doi/10.3724/SP.J.1440-2807.2023.01.04

DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1440-2807.2023.01.04

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Astronomical observatories Meteorology France, colonies Colonialism 20th century, early Indochina Vietnam

By the dawn of the 1890s, the French have basically pacified Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and began the process of colonial exploitation. But the strangeness of the Tonkinese weather, tides and currents, etc. were of great concern to the French. In addition, they must have been aware that a number of observatories had been established by various Western powers in East and Southeast Asian countries during the second half of the nineteenth century: in the Philippines (Manila, 1865), Java (Batavia, 1866), China (Shanghai, 1872) and Hong Kong (1882). In addition, the Japanese had set up an observatory in Tokyo in 1875. In 1898, the French Colonial Government approved a plan to survey the Phù Liễn area, around 10 km northwest of Hải Phòng City (in the North of Vietnam), and in 1902 Phù Liễn Observatory was established as the first Central Meteorological Station in Indochina. In this paper we focus on three main topics: (1) The French colonization in Vietnam during the 1870s through 1890s; (2) The establishment of Phù Liễn Observatory between 1899 and 1902; and (3) the organization and activities of the Observatory from 1902 to 1945.

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