page_title: Francis Garnier
section_title: Early career
hierarchical_section_title: Francis Garnier / Early career
caption_attribution_description: Commission de l'exploration du Mékong à Angkor Wat, 1866 from Voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine vol. 1 f.p. 26
context_page_description: Marie Joseph François Garnier was a French officer, inspector of Indigenous Affairs of Cochinchina and explorer. He eventually became mission leader of the Mekong Exploration Commission in 19th century Southeast Asia.
context_section_description: Garnier was born on July 25, 1839 at Saint-Étienne, Loire, and entered the French Navy, and after voyaging in Brazilian waters and the Pacific, he obtained a post on the staff of Admiral Léonard Victor Charner, who from February 1860 to November 1861 was campaigning in Cochinchina.
  After some time spent in France, Garnier returned to the East, and in 1862, he was appointed inspector of native affairs in Cochinchina, and entrusted with the administration of Cholon, a suburb of Saigon.
caption: Mekong Exploration Commission. Garnier at the left.
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