PFH1166982: Burma/ Myanmar: An 1867 picture of the various ethnic groups of Kengtung in Shan State. The women sitting on the right are dressed in traditional Akha costume. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168212: Mongolia: Enthronement of a Mongol Khagan. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169475: China: 'The White Emperor of Sovereignty and Seven Qi in the West' of the Daoist pantheon. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165107: Cambodia: Heng Samrin (born 1934), Chairman of the People's Republic of Kampuchea of and the State of Cambodia (1979-1993). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168543: Japan: Empress Gemmei (660-721), 43rd imperial ruler of Japan. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168878: China: Empress Xiaoduanxian (died 1620), consort of the 14th Ming Emperor Wanli (r. 1572-1620). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166516: China: Chinese Monks / Bonzes Chinois (1843). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168778: Laos: An 1867 drawing by French expeditioner Louis Delaporte of the harbour at Khong on the Mekong River in Champasak Province in southern Laos. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168889: China: Emperor Chongzhen, 17th ruler of the Ming Dynasty (r. 1627-1644). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168904: Thailand/ Laos: A mandarin of Khemarat in present-day Thailand, redrawn from an 1867 sketch by French expeditioner Louis Delaporte. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169251: Thailand: Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Chakri Borommanat Phra Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke - generally shortened to King Rama I - founds the current ruling Chakri Dynasty in Bangkok, April 6, 1782. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169834: Iran: A Persian drawing of a camel being loaded with merchandise for transport to Europe. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168290: Japan: Mongols and Japanese engaged in warfare; scene from the Moko Shurai Ekotoba (c.1293). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165750: Thailand: A French drawing of two Siamese galleys racing in the 1680s. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166119: Laos: Lao and Vietnamese porters carrying supplies south along the Hoi Chi Minh Trail to resupply the insurgency in the south, c. 1963. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165470: Indian Ocean: Painting of a flying fish, c.1749 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165735: Sri Lanka: 'The manner of their eating and drinking' (Knox, 1681). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166178: India: 'India Intra-Gangem', a miniature map of the Malabar and Coromandel coasts, from Pierre Duval's 'Geographiae Universalis', (1679). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166416: Vietnam: An 1890 photograph of My Tho in French Cochinchina. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168734: China: A French delegation and its caravan arrive in Nam-La in Yunnan Province in 1867, redrawn from an original sketch by Louis Delaporte. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168797: China: A Chinese chieftain on horseback asks local peasants about the route from Zhaotong to Ta-kouan, illustrated by French expeditioner Louis Delaporte in 1868. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168034: Africa: Map of Guinea and surrounding regions by Jodocus Hondius (1625). 'Benin Regnu', the Benin Kingdom, is indicated in the south-east. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169595: China: An image from 'Shanghai Manhua' (Shanghai Sketch) entitled 'Summer Fashions'. Ye Qianyu, May 1928. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168726: China: The Grand Pagoda in Simao, Yunnan Province, redrawn from a 1867 sketch by Louis Delaporte. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165541: Indonesia: Chinese children at the Tjap-Gomeh Festival in Makassar (Ujung Pandang), Sulawesi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168296: Thailand: The urn containing King Chulalongkorn's remains is passed form the royal carriage to a litter during his funeral in March, 1911. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166926: Burma / Myanmar: Daw Mi Mi Khaing (1916-1990) with her husband Sao Saimong Mangrai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168475: Vietnam: US Army soldiers in action during the 1968 Tet Offensive at Hue, central Vietnam. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169260: Thailand: King Rama II, Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (24 February 1767 - 21 July 1824), 2nd monarch of the Chakri Dynasty. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168453: Mythology: Simurgh (Persian phoenix) on the portal of Nadir Divan-Beghi Madrasah, Bukhara, Uzbekistan. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166030: Burma / Myanmar:The former British Club in Katha, 2006. In Orwell's time it consisted of only the ground floor, and is thought to have served as the model for the British Club in 'Burmese Days' (1934). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167278: Mongolia: Traditional Buddhist religious painting illustrating bodhisattvas and the heavenly spheres. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165143: Vietnam: Pham Van Dong (1906-2000) Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 through 1976, and Prime Minister of reunified Vietnam from 1976 until he retired in 1987. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165281: Sri Lanka: Taprobane Island, Weligama Bay. Watercolour by the German scientist and traveller Ernst Haeckel, c.1882. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168450: Indonesia: Young Balinese woman practicing classical dance movements by the sea shore, c.1935. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168355: Thailand: The funeral procession carrying the remains of King Chulalongkorn goes around the cremation site three times, 1911. / Bridgeman Images