China: This drawing depicts 15 persons of different ethnicity that a French expedition encountered in Yunnan Province in 1868.

The French Mekong Expedition (1866-68) voyaged upriver on the Mekong River through Indochina until it reached the Chinese frontier in December 1867. Crossing into Yunnan, the expedition encountered various indigenous peoples, including Muslims (bottom row) in Dali.

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