PFH1172658: Vietnam: Vietnamese troops marching on Dao Truong Sa or Spratly Island in the Spratly Islands (2009) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172676: China: Propaganda poster from the Cultural Revolution (c.1966-73) eulogising the Chinese navy and Mao Zedong thought / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172700: China: Painting on silk representing thousand-armed Avalokitesvara or Guanyin, Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gandu, c.9th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172711: China: Xisi Ta (West Pagoda), built during the Tang Dynasty, Kunming, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172727: China: Rhinoceros door detail, Qiongzhu Si (Bamboo Temple), northwest of Kunming / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172731: China: Qiongzhu Si (Bamboo Temple), northwest of Kunming / Bridgeman Images

CH989992: The Head of a Girl looking to the left, (white and blue chalk on light brown paper), Natoire, Charles Joseph (1700-77) / Bridgeman Images

CH990004: Roger et Angelique, (pencil on calque laid down on wove paper), Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) / Bridgeman Images

CH990014: Christ at Emmaus Presenting the Bread, (black and white chalk), Strozzi, Bernardo (1581-1644) / Bridgeman Images

CH990063: Portrait of Maria Amalia, standing three-quarter length, wearing an embroidered gown (oil on canvas), Desmarees, Georg (1697-1776) (circle of) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172778: Iran: Page from an illuminated 1604 copy of Tuhfat al-Iraqayn by Afzal al-Din Shirvani Khaqani (1126-1198) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172820: China: A man plays a banhu, the Naxi (Nakhi) Folk Orchestra, Naxi Orchestra Hall, Lijiang Old Town, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172911: Vietnam: Emperor Khai Dinh (8 October 1885 - 6 November 1925), 12th emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty, in 1916. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172942: China: Glaciers pour down from the Pamir Mountains, Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173026: China: Kangxiwa River, Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173029: China: The Pamir Mountains, Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173044: Thailand: Traditional Central Thai houses, Chao Sam Phraya National Museum, Ayutthaya Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173060: Maldives: Maradhoo Island, Addu Atoll (Seenu Atoll) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173063: Vietnam: Altar to Confucius, Great House of ceremonies, Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173082: Sudan: A Mahdist guardian at the house of the former Mahdi, Omdurman, 1936, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173108: Central Africa: James Augustus Grant (1827 - 1892), Scottish explorer of eastern equatorial Africa, Unknown photographer, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173124: United Kingdom / Sudan / India: Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850 - 1916), pointing at the Tomb of the Mahdi, Omdurman, after he had ordered it blown up (1898) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173136: Northeast Africa: Map of the Nile from its source in Abyssinia to the Mediterranean, J. Andriveau-Goujon (1858) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173166: Thailand: Horse, southern wall mural, Wat Buak Khrok Luang, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173186: Thailand: Golden chedi and viharn, Wat Buak Khrok Luang, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173190: Thailand: Golden chedi and viharn, Wat Buak Khrok Luang, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173210: China: Solar panel sale in Jinmabiji Square, central Kunming / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173212: Vietnam / China: Map of Tonkin (Vietnam) China, Formosa (Taiwan) and Luzon (Philippines), Rigobert Bonne, 1771. Detail showing Gulf of Tonkin, Paracels Islands and Hainan Island. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173230: Thailand: 'The Way of Approaching Superiors', Siam (Thailand), early 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173239: Thailand: Dara Rasmi (1873 - 1933), Princess of Chiang Mai and Siam posing with mirrors to display her long hair, date unknown but late 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173253: Vietnam: Franco-Dutch map of Indochina, c.1760. The Paracels Islands, disputed between Vietnam and China, are depicted close to the Vietnamese coast / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173391: China: North Gate Tower, Fenghuang, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173411: China: A pilgrim makes a circuit of the monastery turning each of the prayer wheels, Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173416: China: Souvenir vendor on the old city wall, Fenghuang, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173422: China: Poster shop next to the Tuo River, Fenghuang, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173428: China: Stepping stones and wooden bridge across the Tuo River, Fenghuang, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images