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Procession which escorts the queen mother or the queen of Tonkin as they exit the palace.

Tags: Animals, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Elephants, Equids, Hanoi, Human types, Kingdom of Tonkin, Kings, Officials, Processions, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tonkin, Vietnam, Women

Pagodas at the kingdom of Tonkin (Vietnam). In the foreground, gymnosophists and priests in ceremonial dress doing their prayers.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Gymnosophists, Human types, Kingdom of Tonkin, Priests, Religious practices, Sculptures, Social sphere and everyday life, Tonkin, Vietnam

Coins of the kingdom of Tonkin (today in Vietnam).

Tags: Coins, Economic activities, Kingdom of Tonkin, Social sphere and everyday life, Tonkin, Vietnam

High-ranking officials of the kingdom of Tonkin.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Kingdom of Tonkin, Officials, Priests, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tonkin, Vietnam, Weapons

Coins of the Czar of Russia.

Tags: Coins, Economic activities, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life

Coins minted by Portuguese merchants and colonists of Goah, India.

Tags: Coins, Economic activities, Goah, India, Portuguese, Social sphere and everyday life

Coins of Japan.

Tags: Coins, Economic activities, Japan, Social sphere and everyday life

Coins of China and the kingdom of Tonkin (today in Vietnam).

Tags: China, Coins, Economic activities, Kingdom of Tonkin, Social sphere and everyday life, Tonkin, Vietnam

1-4. Coins of the kingdom of Assam (today in India). 5-6. Coins of the kingdom od Arakan (today in Burma). 7-10 Coins of the kingdom of Pegu (today Bago in Burma). 11 -12. Coins of the kingdom of Assam (today in India).

Tags: Burma, Coins, Economic activities, India, Kingdom of Arakan, Kingdom of Assam, Kingdom of Pegu, Social sphere and everyday life

Coins of the kingdom of Siam (Thailand).

Tags: Coins, Economic activities, Kingdom of Siam, Social sphere and everyday life, Thailand

1-4. Coins of the Sultanate of Aceh (Sumatra). 5-6 Coins of Makassar, Indonesia. 7-10. Coins of the kingdom of Cambodia.

Tags: Cambodia, Coins, Economic activities, Indonesia, Makassar, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultanate of Aceh, Sumatra

1,2. Coins minted by English merchants and colonists of Fort Saint George at Madras (today Chennai), India. 3-8. Coins minted by Dutch merchants and colonists of Pulicat (today Pazhaverkadu), India.

Tags: British, Coins, Commerce, Dutch people, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Fort Saint George (India), India, Merchants / Traders, Pulikat / Pazhaverkadu, Social sphere and everyday life

Coins from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Tags: Coins, Economic activities, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Social sphere and everyday life

Coins of one king and two majarajas, all tributaries of the emperor of the Great Mongols of India.

Tags: Coins, Economic activities, India, Mongols of India, Social sphere and everyday life

Coins of the Great Mongols of India.

Tags: Coins, Economic activities, India, Mongols of India, Social sphere and everyday life

Dutch ship in which the author sailed from India to China. On the right, the emblem of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie).

Tags: Boats and ships, China, Commerce, Dutch East India Company, India, Jean Baptiste Tavernier, Netherlands, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Travel

Weapon used by the Muslim fakirs of India.

Tags: India, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Indian gymnosophist.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Gymnosophists, Human types, India, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life

The deer from whose glands musk is extracted.

Tags: Animals, Deer, Human types, Hunters, Hunting, India, Natural environment, Persia / Iran, Social sphere and everyday life

1. Pearl belonging to the king of Persia. According to the author the pearl was bought from an Arab merchant of Katifa in 1633 for 32.000 toman. 2. Pearl belonging to the Mongol king of India. 3. Pearl sold by the author to the governor of Bengal, uncle of the Mongol king of India. 4. Pearls belonging to the Mongol king of India.

Tags: Bengal, Commerce, Economic activities, Gems, India, Kings, Mongols of India, Natural environment, Pearls, Persia / Iran, Persians, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life

1. Ruby bought by the uncle of the King of the Mongols in India for 90.000 rupees. The ruby was presented to the king on its birthday. 3,4. Rubies belonging to the king of Visapur, India. 5. Ruby belonging to affluent merchant from Varanasi, India. 6. Topaz belonging to the Mongol king of India.

Tags: Commerce, Diamonds, Gems, India, Kings, Mongols of India, Natural environment, Persia / Iran, Persians, Rubies, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life, Varanasi, Visapur

Types of rough and finished gemstones: diamonds and rubies.

Tags: Commerce, Diamonds, Economic activities, India, Natural environment, Persia / Iran, Precious stones, Rubies, Social sphere and everyday life

1. Diamond belonging to the Mongol king of India. 2. Diamond belonging to the Duke of Tuscany. 3. Rough diamond of 242 carats. The author states that this was the bigger diamond he ever saw at the hands of the merchants of India. 4. Rough diamond bought by the author at Ahmedabad, India. 5. Finished diamond. 6. Rough diamond bought by the author in India. 7,8. Rough and finished diamond, of a total weight of 104 carats. The diamonds were bought by an affluent Danish merchant in the presence of the author.

Tags: Ahmedabad, Commerce, Diamonds, Duke of Tuscany, Economic activities, Gems, India, Italians, Kings, Mongols of India, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life

Chart of the Timurid dynasty (dynasty of Timur or Tamerlane). With the exception of Mirzah Mirah Schah, the rest of the persons on the chart rose to the throne albeit for a short time.

Tags: Kings, Persia / Iran, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Timur / Tamerlane, Timurid dynasty, Uzbekistan

Ornament made of leather and silver, normally worn by Indian tribe chieves.

Tags: India, Jewellery, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The vacation cottage of Johann Jacob Rieter, Swiss manufacturer of woolen textiles.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Birds, Bovids, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Games, Houses, Human types, Professions, Servants, Social sphere and everyday life, Switzerland, Women

Portrait of the Duchess of Polignac, close friend of Marie Antoinette of France and famous beauty of pre-revolutionary France.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Duchess of Polignac, France, Paris, Portraits, Social sphere and everyday life

Allegory of the evolution of human thought and science.

Tags: Allegories, Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dutch people, Ethnic groups, Philosophers, Scientific instruments, Social sphere and everyday life

Ottomans carry slaves (war prisoners) to Istanbul.

Tags: Animals, Captives, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman soldiers, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Torture, Turkey, Turks

View of Ramla, Israel, with some of the main sights of the city. G. Ruins of aqueduct, probably of the Roman period. A. Monastery of Saint George. B. The White Mosque, built in the Ummayad era; in the 16th and 17th centuries it was believed that this was initially a church dedicated to the Forty Martyrs of Nablus. D. The house of the province governor.

View of Jerusalem, with some of the major pilgrim sites, among which the putative house of Caiaphas (A), the Dome of the Rock (B), Mount Olive (E), and the house in which Judas Iskariot stayed, according to tradition. However, the Holy Sepulchre is not shown.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dome of the Rock - Qubbat As-Sakhrah (Jerusalem), Holy Sepulchre, Human types, Israel, Jerusalem, Mosques, Mount of Olives (Jerusalem), Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Views

View of Jerusalem A. House of Pontius Pilate. B. Dome of the Rock, mosque built at the site of Solomon's Temple. C. Ecce Homo arch.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dome of the Rock - Qubbat As-Sakhrah (Jerusalem), Ecce Homo Arch (Jerusalem), Human types, Israel, Jerusalem, Mosques, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Views

View of Tripoli, Lebanon.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Human types, Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, Mountains, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Tripoli (Lebanon), Views

View of Alexandria, Egypt.

Tags: Alexandria, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Dogs, Egypt, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Pillar of Pompey (Alexandria), Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Views

View of Tunis, Tunisia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Tunis, Tunisia, Views

View of Antalya, Asia Minor.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Attaleia / Antalya, Boats and ships, Castle of Antalya (Kaleici), Castles and fortresses, Fishing, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Walls

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