Sophie de Boissieu https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng create beautiful and useful images. Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:13:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.14 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/05/logosanstypo-copie-75x75.png Sophie de Boissieu https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng 32 32 147221949 FLORA IN BURMA https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/birmanie-la-flore/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birmanie-la-flore https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/birmanie-la-flore/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:12:19 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2232 In Burma the flora is lush, as there is plentiful heat and rain, the two elements vital to growing vegetation, flowers and trees. In addition to the Betel nuts that make teeth red, teak is grown on a large scale, and Burma is the world's largest producer of it. And then there are the old trees in Mandalay, "neems" in Burmese, planted around 1850 by King Mindon during the construction of his royal...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/birmanie-la-flore/feed/ 1 2232 BURMA – LOUIS BARTHÉLÉMY https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/la-birmanie-louis-barthelemy-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-birmanie-louis-barthelemy-2 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:01:54 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/?p=5871 He arrived in Mandalay in 1870 after a journey that took him through the newly inaugurated Suez Canal, docking in Calcutta along the way. The city has not changed much since Louis-Barthélémy – Captain Morin – left it. The city map remains the same. My first quest was to find his house, or at least his approximate location. I used the map of his compatriot and contemporary, Mr. Vossion...

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