PFH1175500: Vietnam: Advertisment for L. Sarreau Pharmacy, Saigon c. 1940s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175266: China: Tujia handicrafts for sale at the North Gate Tower, Fenghuang, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175287: China: Tourist boats early morning on Fenghuang's Tuo River, Fenghuang, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175319: Vietnam: Red Dao (Zao) woman, Tha Phin village, near Sapa / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175331: Vietnam: Irrigating rice fields near Kenh Ga, Ninh Binh Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175343: Japan: Operating on a man with an infected eye. From the Yama no Soshi (Yama Zoshi) or 'diseases scroll', mid-12th century CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175357: India: Portrait of Emperor Jahangir with his Empress Nur Jahan, Mughal miniature painting, c. 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175434: Thailand: Gilded chedi at Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175486: Vietnam: Guards at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175502: Vietnam: Taxi dancers dancing together at the Arc-en-Ciel Club on Jaccareo Road, Cholon, c. 1952 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175528: Vietnam: General goods store, Hang Buom Street, Old Quarter / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175530: Vietnam: Housing in the Old Quarter, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175542: Vietnam: Vietnamese courtesan in Saigon opium den, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175563: Vietnam: White Tai and Hmong textiles, Mai Chau, Hoa Binh Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175570: Germany, Tomb epitaph for the Cistercian nun Maria Josepha Holzapfel (died 1761), Munster / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175584: Deo Van Tri (Kham Oun), Lord of the Tai Federation of Sipsongchuthai (1849-1908) second left, with other White Tai leaders, 19th century (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175260: Egypt: The elaborate and richly decorated interior of a private house, Cairo, Pascal Coste, c.1839 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175272: China: A misty morning breakfast at a snack vendor near the Wanming Pagoda, Fenghuang, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175313: Vietnam: Black Dao (Zao) woman and child near Binh Lu, northern Lai Chau, Northwest Vietnam / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175350: Japan: A woman suffering from cholera. From the Yama no Soshi (Yama Zoshi) or 'diseases scroll', mid-12th century CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175652: Vietnam: Field of kumquat trees ready for Tet New Year Festival, near Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175693: Victorious Viet Minh troops wave a Vietnamese flag, Dien Bien Phu, 1954 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175491: Vietnam: Painted lacquer dragon on a pillar in Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175499: Vietnam: Advertisment for Pachod Freres perfumes, c. 1940s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175521: Vietnam: Rope and smoking pipes for sale in the Old Quarter, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175756: Vietnam: Cha Ca La Vong roasted fish restaurant, Old Quarter, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175764: Vietnam: Son La Prison Museum, Northwest Vietnam / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175781: Thailand: Similan Island (Island 8), Donald Duck Bay, Sail Rock, Similan Islands / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175793: Thailand: Yacht, Ko Miang (Island 4), Similan Islands / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175807: Iraq / Italy: Roses (Roxe). Illustration from Ibn Butlan's Taqwim al-sihhah or 'Maintenance of Health' (Baghdad, 11th century) published in Italy as the Tacuinum Sanitatis in the 14th century, Italian School, (14th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175537: Iraq / India: David Sassoon (October 1792 - November 7, 1864) was the treasurer of Baghdad between 1817 and 1829. He became the leader of the Jewish community in Bombay (now Mumbai) after Baghdadi Jews emigrated there / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175548: Vietnam: Black Tai villagers and paddy fields near Moc Chau, Northwest Vietnam / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175559: Vietnam: White Tai textiles, Mai Chau, Hoa Binh Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175566: Italy: Woodcut of the Annunciation from Bernard of Clairvaux (Venice: 1503) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175585: Deo Van Long, Lord of the Tai Federation of Sipsongchuthai (Lai Chau 1887 - Toulouse 1975) with his wife / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175596: Cambodia: The Art Deco Central Market (known in Khmer as Psar Thmei or New Market), Phnom Penh / Bridgeman Images