SRB7204309: Aerial view of Tamarit Castle next to Altafulla beach, TARRAGONA, 2021 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

SRB7204315: Aerial view of Tamarit Castle next to Altafulla beach, TARRAGONA, 2021 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

SRB7204317: Aerial view of Tamarit Castle next to Altafulla beach, TARRAGONA, 2021 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

SRB7204325: Aerial view of Tamarit Castle next to Altafulla beach, TARRAGONA, 2021 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642295: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: 'Sulphur Island' (Iwo Tori Shima), from 'Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island', Basil Hall, London, 1818 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642297: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: Street Scene in Naha, Okinawa, Perry Expedition, 1853 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642306: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: 'The Port of Naha', Okinawa, Perry Expedition, 1853 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641759: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: Flag of the Ryukyu Kingdom (1429-1879) until 1875 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641782: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: 'Scene After the Prince of Loo Choo's Feast', from 'Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island', Basil Hall, London, 1818 (litho) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641784: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: 'Priest and Gentleman of Loo Choo', from 'Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island', Basil Hall, London, 1818 (litho) / Bridgeman Images

SRB7204302: Aerial view of Tamarit Castle next to Altafulla beach, TARRAGONA, 2021 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

SRB7204304: Aerial view of Tamarit Castle next to Altafulla beach, TARRAGONA, 2021 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641770: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: The Royal Seal of the Ryukyu Kingdom (1429-1879) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641781: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: 'Loo Choo Chief and his Two Sons', from 'Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island', Basil Hall, London, 1818 (litho) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642301: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: View Over Naha, Okinawa, Perry Expedition, 1853 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642303: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: Onoyama and Naha Port from the Ruins of Timagusuku Castle, Perry Expedition, 1853 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642315: Japan / Ryuku Islands: 'The Regent of Lew Chew' (King Sho Tai, r. 1848-1879,19th and last of the Second Sho Dynasty monarchs), Perry Expedition, 1853 (litho) / Bridgeman Images

NAM5925876: Britain Needs You At Once’, 1914 (litho), Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

SRB6367784: The Opera Comedie on Place de la Comédie surrounded by bars and restaurants, Montpellier, Southern France Building of the great theater converted today into the Montpellier National Opera on Place de la Comédie, Occitan dynamics, In the 18th century, the walls of the medieval city were replaced by avenues and squares, 2020 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

TW427290: Notre Dame de Paris from Quai des Grands Augustins (oil & tempera on canvas), Nevinson, Christopher Richard Wynne (1889-1946) / Bridgeman Images

XIR498160: The arrow shot to kill a bull that had escaped from the herd on Mount Gargano returns to smite the shooter on the order of Saint Michael (oil on panel), Llussà, Master of (13th c.) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642299: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: 'Tshan-Di-Coo-Sah' (Kina Village, Yomitan Township, Okinawa), Perry Expedition, 1853 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642304: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: 'The Ancient Castle of Nakagasuko', Okinawa, Perry Expedition, 1853 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641771: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: The entourage of King Sho Kei (1713-1751), 19th ruler of the Ryukyu Second Sho Dynasty, as depicted in the "Zhongshan Chuanxin Lu" ('Records of Liuqiu'), 1719 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641774: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: 'Chief Magistrate of Napha, Lew Chew', illustration from Matthew Calbraith Perry, 'Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan', New York, 1856 (litho) / Bridgeman Images

FIA5397643: "Portrait of Joachim I Nestor of Brandenburg", 1529 (oil on wood), Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5156171: Master Carpenter, Mr Puffett puts the finishing touches to a skirting, using a 400 year old carving as his model, for one of the restored Manchester Regiment chapel screens at Manchester Cathedral, 12th April 1951 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SRB7204322: Aerial view of Tamarit Castle next to Altafulla beach, TARRAGONA, 2021 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

SRB7204324: Aerial view of Tamarit Castle next to Altafulla beach, TARRAGONA, 2021 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188568: India: Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

XLF3789946: Emperor Peter the Great / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642283: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: 'The Prince of Loo Choo' (King Sho Ko, r. 1804-1828)), from 'Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island', Basil Hall, London, 1818 (litho) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642296: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: Photographer shooting Daguerrotypes on Okinawa, Perry Expedition, 1853 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641783: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: Pipe Smoking Inhabitants, 'Scene After the Prince of Loo Choo's Feast', from 'Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island', Basil Hall, London, 1818 (litho) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5127553: The old sport of tilting at the quintain, one popular throughout medieval England, was revived at Offham, Maidstone, when the only quitain in the country was restored to the village green. It has been kept in safety from air raids all through the war. The Lord Lieutenant of Kent, Lord Corrnwallis, "reinstated" the quintain and took the first tilt at the quintain. Villagers on the green watch the local riding school pupils tilting the quitain. 11th August 1945 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4689870: Alexander the Great surrounded by Indian fauna during the conquest of India. With Diana hunting deer, and wrestlers, Christian symbols. 1163-1166 (Mosaic, pavement), Unknown Artist, (12th century) / Bridgeman Images