PFH1170203: China: Shanghai's Da Shijie or Great World entertainment centre in 1948 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170205: China: The Japanese armoured cruiser Izumo anchored in Shanghai, on the eve of the Battle of Shanghai (1937). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170207: China: Literary revolution - Cover design for Xinde Tanxian ('Exploring the Heart'), 1926. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170211: China: Shanghai - The (Old) Shanghai Club, 1902. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170213: China: Bodhisattva Puxian and the Huazang Temple at the Golden Summit (Jin Ding), Emeishan (Mount Emei), Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170214: China: Huazang Temple, Golden Summit (Jin Ding), Emeishan (Mount Emei), Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170216: China: Mist engulfs the mountain at the Golden Summit (Jin Ding), Emeishan (Mount Emei), Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170222: India: Japanese WWII propaganda leaflet depicts Churchill making a chained and blindfolded Indian advance against Japan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170223: China: Uighur family working in a vineyard in the village of Tuyoq near Turfan, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170230: China: The grandstand of the Shanghai Race Club in 1865. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170237: Thailand: A copy of the Ramkhamhaeng stele near the King Ramkhamhaeng monument, Sukhothai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170240: Thailand: Statue of King Ramkhamhaeng the Great, Sukhothai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170247: Thailand: Viharn Mongkol Bopit, Ayutthaya Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170249: Thailand: Giant Buddha, Viharn Mongkol Bopit, Ayutthaya Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170252: Thailand: Giant Buddha, Viharn Mongkol Bopit, Ayutthaya Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170770: Japan / USA: Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170772: China / Italy: Teodorico Pedrini (1671 - 1746) was an Italian priest, missionary, musician and composer in China. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170775: Thailand: Prasat Hin Phanom Rung (Phanom Rung Stone Castle), Buriram Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170784: China: Precipitous staircases at Maiji Shan Grottoes, Tianshui, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170801: China: Staircases cris cross the Maiji Shan Grottoes, Tianshui, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170803: Thailand: The great gong in Wat Phra That Haripunchai, Lamphun c. 1885. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170804: Thailand: The great gong in Wat Phra That Haripunchai, Lamphun c. 1885. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170805: Thailand: A festival procession enters the front gates of Wat Phra That Haripunchai, Lamphun (c. 1920) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170811: China: Maiji Shan Grottoes, Tianshui, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170814: China: The Amitabha Buddha attended by Avalokitesvara, Maiji Shan Grottoes, Tianshui, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170830: France: Jean-Francois de Galoup, Comte de La Perouse (1741-1788), French explorer and naval officer. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170839: Indonesia: A young woman of Ambon in Maluku, c. 1791. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170844: New Zealand: A Maori man, c.1785. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170848: Papua New Guinea, A female inhabitant of the Admiralty Islands, c.1785. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170850: Indonesia: A hornbill from the island of Pulau Waigeo, off the coast of the Indonesian province of West Papua. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170857: Russia: View of St Peter and St Paul (Petropavlosk) in Kamchatka, c.1786. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170859: Philippines: A Filipino outrgigger off Manila, c.1876. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170860: Philippines: Fishing with Chinese-style nets off Manila, c.1786. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170863: China: A sailing boat off Taiwan, c.1786. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170868: Thailand: The Royal Elephant Museum also known as Chang Ton National Museum, Vimanmek Mansion, Dusit Park, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170871: Thailand: Loha Prasad (Brazen Palace or Iron Monastery), Wat Ratchanatda, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images