PFH1773706: Vietnam: A Chinese merchant family in Cholon, Saigon, 1872 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773742: Nepal: A sadhu stands in front of the Bagmati River, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773672: Burma / Myanmar: Buddha shrine in the Sutaungpyei Pagoda at the summit of Mandalay Hill, Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773775: Burma / Myanmar: The 108 distinguishing marks of the Buddha on the soles of the great reclining Buddha at Chaukhtatgyi Paya (temple), Yangon (Rangoon) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773931: England / UK: Charles Dickens, English writer and social critic (1812–1870). Dickens c. 1860 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773996: UK / Poland: Joseph Conrad, born JosefTeodor Konrad Korzeniowski (1857-1924) arriving in New York by ship, 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774024: Thailand: Wat Ratchabophit, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774036: Burma / Myanmar: A pagoda entrance hides a Buddha figure, Nyaung Ohak pagodas near the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774090: China: A decorated gourd hangs in front of a musical instrument shop in Old Kashgar, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773805: China: A rubbing of the 'Suzhou Star Chart', created in 1193, etched in stone in 1247 by Wang Zhi Yuan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773825: France: Upper Paleolithic cave painting of animals from the Lascaux Cave complex, Dordogne, France, estimated to be c. 17,300 years old / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773837: France: Upper Paleolithic cave painting of animals from the Lascaux Cave complex, Dordogne, France, estimated to be c. 17,300 years old, Prehistoric / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773903: China: Cemetery next to the mausoleum of Mahmud al-Kashgari (Mahmud al-Kashgari Mazar) who compiled the first Turkic languages dictionary, Upar, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773918: China: Old Town, Kashgar, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773927: Burma / Myanmar: Enn (also Ann or Eng) woman with characteristic black teeth, Wan Mai village near Kyaing Tong (Kengtung), Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773930: England / UK: Charles Dickens, English writer and social critic (1812-1870), c. 1855 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773936: Burma / Myanmar: The Kyauktawgyi Buddha carved from a single block of marble during the reign of King Mindon (r. 1853 - 78), Kyauktawgyi Paya Temple, Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773954: Thailand: Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773957: Thailand: Festival beauty, Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773970: Ho Chi Minh in France, c. 1920 (b/w photo), Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773978: President Ho Chi Minh, c. 1950 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774023: Thailand: Phra Buddha Lokanart Sartsadajarn image in the East Viharn, Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774032: England / UK: English poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) in 1925 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774035: Burma / Myanmar: Peacocks decorate the entrance to a pagoda, Nyaung Ohak pagodas near the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774044: Burma / Myanmar: Pa-O housing next to the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774065: Burma / Myanmar: Ywama, a stilted village at the eastern edge of Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774068: Burma / Myanmar: A young leg rower and his friend in Ywama, a stilted village at the eastern edge of Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774089: China: A decorated gourd hangs in front of a musical instrument shop in Old Kashgar, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774096: China: Turned wood used for various items of furniture, Old Kashgar, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774099: Burma / Myanmar: Brightly adorned oxen pulling a cart with a princess (young Burmese girl in her finest attire) in the Na Htwin or the Ear-Piercing Ceremony which takes place at the same time as the Shinbyu ceremony. Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774102: Sri Lanka: Tea pickers near Nuwara Eliya, central Sri Lanka / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774108: Sri Lanka: Young traditional musicians at a temple festival, Kelaniya Temple, Kelaniya, near Colombo / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774144: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. Firstly the nakor monk-to-be has his head shaved. The complete shaving of the head and eyebrows is then undertaken by a monk / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774150: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. A Buddhist house shrine / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774162: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. A man plays a ranat ek(alto xylophone) in a traditional Thai musical ensemble accompanying the ceremony at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774186: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monks-to-be are presented with money and their wrists are tied with white thread by relatives and well wishers at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images