PFH1169597: China: A contemporaneous US interpretation of the American intervention in the 'Boxer Rebellion' (1899-1901) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169602: Vietnam: A rusty bell on the Khiem Cung Gate at the Tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, Hue / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169603: Vietnam: The Khiem Cung Gate at the Tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, Hue / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169613: Vietnam: Old ruined doorway at the Tomb of Emperor Thieu Tri, Hue / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169634: India: Radha depicted in a 19th century painting from Rajasthan. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169639: Iran: Illustrated page from an 11th century Qur'an written in eastern Kufic script. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169854: Portugal/ Malaysia: Diego Lopez de Sequeira, commander of the first Portuguese fleet to Malacca in 1509. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169861: Netherlands/ East Indies: Jan Huyten van Linschoten, a medieval 'Wikileaker' who copied Portuguese maritime maps and published them in Holland. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169863: Netherlands/ Indonesia: The island of Bali - an English copy of Dutch explorer Cornelis de Houtman's map of 1596-7. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169869: Indonesia: The island of Ternate around 1720 with an active Mount Gamalama looming over the town's Portuguese fort. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169874: Netherlands/ Indonesia: Jan Pieterszoon Coen, governor-general of the Dutch East Indies 1618-23 and 1627-29. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169875: Indonesia: Dutch captains and officers overindulge with alcohol and opium in the East Indies, c. 1650. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169881: India: An engraving depicting the traditional method for catching fish in India in the 1600s. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169893: India: A Dutch ambassador and his entourage visit the court of a Moghul emperor in the 1600s. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169923: Vietnam: A phi long (flying dragon) silver coin of Minh Mang, second emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty (r.1820-1841). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169930: China: First courtyard at Wenshu Yuan (Wenshu Temple), Chengdu, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169932: China: Eleven-storey narrow pagoda, Wenshu Yuan (Wenshu Temple), Chengdu, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169934: China: The Buddhist library at Wenshu Yuan (Wenshu Temple), Chengdu, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169945: China: Chinese character for 'nation' on a wall in Wenshu Yuan (Wenshu Temple), Chengdu, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169951: China: Dafo (Giant Buddha), Leshan, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169954: China: Dafo (Giant Buddha), Leshan, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169955: China: Dafo (Giant Buddha), Leshan, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169962: China: Arhat's Cave, Lingyun Shan (Towering Cloud Hill), Leshan, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169974: China: Thousand Buddha Cave, Oriental Buddha Park, Lingyun Shan (Towering Cloud Hill), Leshan, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169975: China: Thousand Buddha Cave, Oriental Buddha Park, Lingyun Shan (Towering Cloud Hill), Leshan, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175404: Thailand: Pak Bara, Satun Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175441: Thailand: Image of Luang Phu Phromma, a famous northern Thai Buddhist monk, Wat Phra Phutthabaat Taak Phaa, near Pasang, Lamphun Province, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175509: Bhutan: His Majesty Ugyen Wangchuck, 4th Druk Gyalpo or 'Dragon King' (r. 1972-2006) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175519: Vietnam: Bamboo for sale in the Old Quarter, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175525: Vietnam: Marble gravestones, Pho Hang Bac Street, Old Quarter, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175532: Thailand: Dara Rasmi (1873 - 1933), Princess of Chiang Mai and Siam, formal photograph, late 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175534: China: Three prostitutes stand outside the doors to their rooms at a brothel on Shanghai's Fuzhou Road, 1920s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175554: Vietnam: Tai women selling vegetables in the market at Thuan Chau, Northwest Vietnam / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175555: Vietnam: Tai women selling vegetables in the market at Thuan Chau, Northwest Vietnam / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175558: Vietnam: White Tai house, Mai Chau, Hoa Binh Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175565: England / UK: Illuminated manuscript showing a king and a Cistercian monk, Furness Abbey Ms., 1412 / Bridgeman Images