Dear Jim, On behalf of my colleague, prof. dr F.J. Ormeling: he suggests that this might be short for 'Maison de Commune' e.g. something like town hall, supposing that (the environment of) Saigon consists of quite a few suburbs, villages or 'dessa's' - that (in those days) all had their own town hall etc. Kind regards from Amsterdam, Reinder Reinder Storm | Cartography, Geography and Travel Curator Special Collections - University of Amsterdam Oude Turfmarkt 129, 1012 GC AMSTERDAM P.O. Box 94436, 1090 GK AMSTERDAM NL T +31(0)20 5252354, F +31 (0)20 5257301 E [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Special Collections UvA: http://www.bijzonderecollecties.uva.nl/en Imagedatabase Maps and Atlases: http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/kaartencollectie Blog (in Dutch): http://www.blogs-uva-erfgoed.nl/author/reinderstorm/ From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Sent: donderdag 24 mei 2018 18:50 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Question from Vietnam historian re abbreviation on 1895 French map of Saigon A Web friend & Vietnam historian, Manh Hai, has aggregated over 87,000 photos of his homeland on Flickr. He asks: "On the 1895 map 'Plan des Environs de Saigon' in my map collection, there are many places indicated by the abbreviation Mon Cne - the on and ne are raised and underlined. At first I thought it might be something like 'Maison Caserne' for a type of guard house, but that doesn't seem to make sense since there are so many of them in so many places. Later I guessed Cne may stands for cabane, but I'm not sure." Can anyone please offer some assistance? Thank you. Jim James Speed Hensinger [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [cid:image001.png@01D3F41C.BEDBBDD0]<JHensinger.org>[Facebook_Icon_email_sig_file]<https://www.facebook.com/jhensinger?pnref=story> [LinkedIn_Logo_2] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-jim-hensinger-3b580813/> [Twitter_Logo_JSH_Email] <https:[log in to unmask]:%20>