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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

1-2: Golden coins of the Sultanate of Golkonda, India. 3-4: Coins of the kingdom of Visapur, India. 5,6. Coins of the Maharajah of Karnataka, India. 7-8. Coins of the Maharajah of Vellore, India. 9-12. Coins of the Maharajahs of Karnataka and Vellore. 13-17. Coins of the region of Coromandel at the eastern coast of India.

Tags: Coins, Coromandel, Economic activities, Golkonda, India, Karnataka, Social sphere and everyday life, Vellore, Visapur

Larin, coin of the Arabic peninsula.

Tags: Coins, Economic activities, Saudi Arabia

The numbers used by speakers of all the languages of India alike, for financial and other transactions.

Tags: Alphabets, Commerce, Economic activities, India, Social sphere and everyday life

Top: Kiosk in banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Banana trees, Bandar Abbas, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hormuz / anc. Organa, Horses, Human types, Kiosks, Maps, Persia / Iran, Plants, Views

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

Quranic inscription.

Tags: Inscriptions, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Turkey

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

Map of the eastern coast of Vietnam (kingdom of Tonkin).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Kingdom of Tonkin, Maps, Tonkin, Vietnam

Map of Japan.

Tags: Japan, Maps

Title page.

Tags: Title page

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 bearing the symbols of astrological signs. They were commissioned by emperor Shah Mugal Jahan in honour of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, and minted in the twenty-four hours that he permitted her to reign in his place.

Tags: Astrological signs, Coins, Economic activities, India, Kings, Mongols of India, Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jahan

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

Coins of Persia.

Tags: Coins, Economic activities, Persia / Iran

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

Cobra snake.

Tags: Animals, Cobras, India, Natural environment, Reptiles

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

Title page of the second part of the edition.

Tags: Title page

Top: Kiosk in a banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Banana trees, Bandar Abbas, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hormuz / anc. Organa, Horses, Human types, Kiosks, Maps, Persia / Iran, Plants, Views

View of the old town of Kandahar, with the fortress of Shah Hussain Hotaki.

Tags: Afghanistan, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Castles and fortresses, Houses, Human types, Hussain Hotaki fortress, Kandahar / anc. Alexandria in Arachosia, Views, Walls

View of Yerevan, Armenia.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Armenia, Camels, Castles and fortresses, Fortress of Erebuni, Fortress of Erivan, Houses, Human types, Maps, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Views, Walls, Yerevan

Example of Kalmyk settlement.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Azerbaijan, Castles and fortresses, Horses, Houses, Human types, Kalmyk people, Kalmykia, Maps, Russia, Turkey

View of the walls of Baghdad. Down to the 19th century, Baghdad was often, yet erroneously, identified with ancient Babylon. Recent excavations showed, however, that Babylon stood on the opposite shore of Tigres river.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Babylon, Baghdad, Boats and ships, Camels, Castles and fortresses, Human types, Irak, Maps, Rivers, Tigres river, Walls

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