Cochinchina
Sign in to savethumb|An 1838 map of Cochinchina by Jean-Louis Taberd Cochinchina or Cochin-China (, ; ; ; ; ) is a historical exonym for part of Vietnam, depending on the contexts, usually for Southern Vietnam. Sometimes it referred to the whole of Vietnam, but it was commonly used to refer to the region south of the Gianh River.
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- Background
- Cochinchina Kingdom of the Nguyen lords (1600–1774)
- 1774-1802
- Cochinchina Empire of the Nguyễn (1802–1862)
- Colonial Cochinchina: 1862–1945
- French conquest
- French colony
- Southern Resistance War and incorporation into South Vietnam, 1945–1955
- Gallery
- Notes
- Citations
- References
- See also
- Further reading
thumb|An 1838 map of Cochinchina by Jean-Louis Taberd Cochinchina or Cochin-China (, ; ; ; ; ) is a historical exonym for part of Vietnam, depending on the contexts, usually for Southern Vietnam. Sometimes it referred to the whole of Vietnam, but it was commonly used to refer to the region south of the Gianh River.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, Vietnam was divided between the Trịnh lords to the north and the Nguyễn lords to the south. The two domains bordered each other on the Son River. The northern section was called Tonkin by Europeans, and the southern part, ', was called Cochinchina by most Europeans and Quinam by the Dutch.