PFH1188624: India: Gingee Fort, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188627: Netherlands / Brazil: Johannes Mauritius, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (d. 1679) appointed governor of the Dutch possessions in Brazil in 1636 by the Dutch West India Company. Atlas Blaeu, Laurens Van der Hem, c. 1665 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188631: Sri Lanka: Map of Colombo, Sri Lanka, mid-17th century. Atlas Blaeu, Laurens Van der Hem, c. 1665 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188635: Iran / Persia: 'Pascaart vande Parsiaense Kust' ( Map of the north coast of the Persian Gulf. Qeshm is an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz and the island fort is painted here as an inset). Atlas Blaeu, Laurens Van der Hem, c. 1665 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188651: India: The Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188655: India: Preparing a covered area for a temple festival at the Varadharaja Perumal (Devarajaswami) Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188662: India: The 100 Pillared Hall with sculptures from the Hindu epics the Ramayana and the Mahabaratha, Varadharaja Perumal (Devarajaswami) Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188668: India: Some of the 58 small shrines in the inner courtyard at the Kailasanathar (Kailasanatha) Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188670: India: A sculpture within one of the 58 small shrines in the inner courtyard at the Kailasanathar (Kailasanatha) Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188672: India: A sculpture within one of the 58 small shrines in the inner courtyard at the Kailasanathar (Kailasanatha) Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188676: Vietnam: Thien Mu Pagoda, Hue / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188686: India: Hundreds of figures adorn one of the 14 gopuram (gateway towers) at Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188693: India: Murugan or Kartikeya (Hindu god of war and son of Shiva and Parvati) on his peacock mount at the Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188697: China: 'Miss Shanghai'. A cartoon by Friedrich Schiff from the 'Old Shanghai' of the 1930s, Schiff, Friedrich (1908-1968) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188698: China: A street barber in an illustration by Friedrich Schiff from the 'Old Shanghai' of the 1930s, Schiff, Friedrich (1908-1968) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188723: Japan: Tattooed Japanese mail runner or postman, late 19th century, Kusakabe Kimbei, c. 1890 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188724: Japan: 'Edo tosei sugata' (Edo style tattoos), Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), 1866 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188755: India: Statue of the Tamil poet and saint, Thiruvalluvar, and the Vivekananda Rock Memorial (left), Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188756: India: Statue of the Tamil poet and saint, Thiruvalluvar, and the Vivekananda Rock Memorial (left), Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188757: China: A cartoon by Friedrich Schiff from the 'Old Shanghai' of the 1930s, Schiff, Friedrich (1908-1968) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188765: India: Statue of the Tamil poet and saint, Thiruvalluvar, and the Vivekananda Rock Memorial (left), Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188769: Thailand: Chiang Dao Elephant Camp, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188772: Thailand: Elephants walking in the Ping River from the Chiang Dao Elephant Camp, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188773: Thailand: Elephants walking in the Ping River from the Chiang Dao Elephant Camp, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188777: China: White Russian 'Grand Duchess Tamara Nochitskaya' by Friedrich Schiff from the 'Old Shanghai' of the 1930s, Schiff, Friedrich (1908-1968) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188781: China: A cartoon by Friedrich Schiff from the 'Old Shanghai' of the 1930s, Schiff, Friedrich (1908-1968) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188783: India: An Indian woman poses with the Shiva linga at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188792: India: Nuts and pulses vendor next to the beach at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188796: India: Coconut palms at the southern end of the Western Ghats near Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188823: Japan: Standing Samurai. Torii Kiyomasu (active c.1704-1718) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188849: France / Vietnam: General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889-1952), was a French military hero and commander in the First Indochina War. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188870: Japan: Studio portrait of a samurai, c. 1880 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188898: Japan: The Kabuki artist Ichikawa Danzo I dressed as a samurai with katana long sword. Katsukawa Shunsho (1727-1793), c. 1770 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188930: China: Tu Ta (Earthen Tower), a Tibetan-style stupa, Dafo Si, Zhangye, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188932: Japan: Warrior with a kusari-gama (kama or sickle with a kusari (chain) and fundo (heavy iron weight) at the end. Biyu Suikoden, Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892), 1866, Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (1839-92) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188940: Japan: The kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII wielding a shinai or bamboo sword. Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825), 1824 / Bridgeman Images