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The author's ship is attacked by three privateer ship outside Tunis.

Tags: Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Pirates and privateers, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Travel, Tunis, Tunisia

Ways in which captives are tortured in Egypt.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Camels, Captives, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Pyramids, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Torture

The Bey (Ottoman official) of Upper Egypt , enters in Cairo.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Equids, Horses, Mosques, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Ottoman officials, Processions, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Privateers attacking a ship.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Scene from the siege of Rhodes, 1522.

Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dodecanese, Greece, History, Horses, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Rhodes, Siege of Rhodes (1522), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Scene from the Janissaries' revolt against Grand Vizier Ibsir Pasha in 1655. The Sultan receives the Janissaries' claims; at the same the dead body of the Chief Eunuch of the Harem is surrendered to the insurgents through the palace window.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eunuchs, History, Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey

The Voivode (Ottoman governor) of Athens.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Shoes and footwear, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Voivode of Athens, Voivodes

Russian guard at Crimea.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Crimea, Ethnic groups, Human types, Military uniforms, Russia, Russians, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine, Weapons

Observatory from which the Tatars of Kuban watched the movements of their Kirkassian neighbours. According to the author, in summer a fire was lit in these nests to keep the mosquitoes away.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Kuban, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tatars, Towers

Circassian prince. Circassian man.

Tags: Black Sea, Circassians, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Kirgisia / Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz people, Princes, Shoes and footwear, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Volga–Don Canal

The Great Gun of Moscow or Tsar's Cannon at Kremlin gardens. Even though the cannon was never used at wartime, it served as symbol of the Russian dynasty from the 16th century onwards.

Tags: Cannons, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tsar Cannon

Arms of the city of Moscow.

Tags: Coats of arms – Emblems, Moscow, Russia, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Petrovsky Palace at the entrance of Moscow. The palace was built in the era of Catherine the Great and was the penultimate stopover of Russian emperors in their journey from Saint Petersburg (then capitall of the Russian empire) to Moscow.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Human types, Moscow, Palaces, Petrovsky palace, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Travel, Women

Arms of the city of Novgorod, Russia.

Tags: Coats of arms – Emblems, Russia, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Veliky Novgorod

Funerary procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hanoi, Human types, Kingdom of Tonkin, Kings, Officials, Processions, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tonkin, Vietnam

The tugra (signature) of the Shah of Persia, with interpretation of the symbols by the author.

Tags: Persia / Iran, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ṭuğrā / Insignia of Ottoman officials

The seal of Shah Ismail I of Persia, with an interpretation of the symbols by the author.

Tags: Imperial seals, Ismail I of Iran, Persia / Iran, Seals, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

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

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

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

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

Ottoman document. On the bottom right, the seal of the Ottoman minister of the Exterior, and an interpretation of the seal's symbols by the author.

Tags: Imperial seals, Istanbul, Ottoman imperial signets and seals, Ottoman officials, Seals, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey

Portrait of Swedish military officer Jacob Johan Anckarström, executed for the murder of Gustav III of Sweden.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Executions, Jacob Johan Anckarström, Military officers, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedes

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 the city of Visegrád. On the hilltop, the city castle. Habsburg divisions sink Ottoman ships.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Visegrád, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Danube river, Houses, Human types, Hungary, Rivers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Views, Visegrád, Walls

Portrait of Emerich Tekkesi, head of the Protestants of the Austrian territories of Hungary.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Emmerich Tekkesi, Equids, Holy Roman Empire, Horses, Hungary, Portraits, Protestants, Religious practices, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Portrait of Frederick William III of Prussia.

Tags: Animals, Brandenburg, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Frederick William III of Prussia, Germany, Holy Roman Empire, Horses, Kings, Portraits, Prussia, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Portrait of Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Germany, Holy Roman Empire, Horses, Julius Francis Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Portraits, Saxe-Lauenburg, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Portrait of Charles V, Duke of Lorraine.

Tags: Animals, Charles V Duke of Lorraine, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, France, Horses, Lorraine, Portraits, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Portrait of Emmanuel Maximilian II, Elector of Bavaria.

Tags: Animals, Bavaria, Costume - Hats and headwear, Emmanuel Maximilian II of Bavaria, Equids, Germany, Holy Roman Empire, Horses, Munich, Portraits, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Portrait of Charles II of Spain.

Tags: Charles II of Spain, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Holy Roman Empire, Horses, Kings, Madrid, Portraits, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), Spain, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Portrait of Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha, prime mover of the Second Siege of Vienna.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Grand Viziers, Horses, Istanbul, Kara Mustafa Paşa, Portraits, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey

Portrait of Sultan Mehmed IV.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Istanbul, Mehmed IV the Hunter, Portraits, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

Portrait of Leopold I, the Holy Roman Emperor, head of the Christian states of Central Europe in the Second Siege of Vienna.

Tags: Animals, Austria, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Holy League, Holy Roman Empire, Horses, Kings, Leopold I of the Holy Roman Empire, Portraits, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vienna

The Ottoman army camps outside Vienna, during the Second Siege of Vienna in 1683.

Tags: Animals, Austria, Battle of Vienna (1683), Battles, Bovids, Camels, Cannons, Costume - Hats and headwear, History, Human types, Ottoman army, Ottoman soldiers, Ottoman wars, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vienna, Weapons

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