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Figures of divinities in the Kalmyk religion: Maidarin, Amitabha and Shakyamuni. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire, 1812

Labantsiksa, shaman of the Khorintzi Buryats people of Siberia. She wears a helmet with antlers, leather dress decorated with bells, a cape with three entwined serpents

Man and woman of the Nenets or Samoyeds people. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire, 1812

Kalmyks in traditional costume
Kalmyk man and woman in traditional costume. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire, 1812

Ancient Tatar tomb of a Khan in Kasimov on the Oka River (Ryazan Oblast, Russia). Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Villa of the Shah of Persia, Qajar Dynasty. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Ruins of Persepolis, or Takht-e-Jamshid, capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Fath Ali Chah, second Qajar emperor or Shah of Iran (1772-1832). Illustration from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Portrait of Shah Mohammad Ali Han of Persia, 1760-1779. Illustration from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Portrait of Nadir Shah of Persia, 1698-1747. Illustration from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Persian woman in dance costume. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Persian woman in city dress. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Persian man in summer dress. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Reilefs from the momument of Taq-e Bostan on the outskirts of Kermanshah, Persia. The king hunting elephant, deer and boar 2, and the coronation of Shah Khosrau II, 1

Kurdish man with shield and club. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Woman of Baghdad in everyday dress of botanical-print robes, harem pants and sandals. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Woman of Baghdad in formal dress. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Francois Le Vaillants camp at Great Fish River (Groote Visrivier), South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Francois Le Vaillants camp at Pampoen-Kraal (Durbanville), West Cape, South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Lappet-faced vulture or Nubian vulture, Torgos tracheliotos (endangered). From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Cape baboon or chacma baboon, Papio ursinus. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista

Male giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista

Young San woman nursing child, South Africa. She wears a cape, necklaces and beaded skirt. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Young San man, with bow and arrows, South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni

Woman and child of the San people, South Africa
Woman and child of the San people (Housouana or Bushmen). From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Man of the San people, South Africa
Man of the San people (Housouana or Bushmen), South Africa. With bow, arrows, feather and belt. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Noble Namaqua man of South Africa. He wears a fur cape and codpiece, and holds a spear. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta, eating a sheep. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni

Khoikhoi (Hottentot) woman in full dress of fur cape, beaded skirt, anklets, necklaces. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Young Gonaqua man, with bow and arrows, of the South African Khoikhoi (Hottentot). From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Narina, a young Gonaqua woman in the Kok s
Narina, a young Gonaqua woman in the Koks Kraal area of the Eastern Cape. French explorer Francois Le Vailllant became infatuated with her

Francois Le Vaillants camp at Heere, Verloore Valley
Francois Le Vaillants camp at Heere (Verloore Valley, northwest of Piketberg), Western Cape, South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Head of a giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista

Female hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista

Head of a male hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Mandinka people dancing to drums in a festival
Mandinka (Mandingo) people dancing to drums in a festival in Dramanet, Kingdom of Galam (upper Senegal River). From Mungo Parks Travels in the Interior of Africa

Chukchi man in armour made of wood and bone
Chukchi man in armour made of wood, whale bone, iron hoops and seal sinews covered with leather. (Chukotka region, Russia). HIs wife and son beside him

Pagoda of Linqing, Daqiao village, Shandong province, China. Eight-story tower in white brick and varnished tile, about 240 feet high

Great Wall of China near Kou-pee-keow, pass
View of the Great Wall of China near Kou-pee-keow, at the pass between China and Eastern Tartary. From Samuel Holmes Journal of a Voyage to China and Tartary, 1798

Peristyle of a courtroom in the Imperial Palace at Yuen-Ming-Yuen, near Beijing, China. From Samuel Holmes Journal of a Voyage to China and Tartary, 1798

Japanese sailboat. Illustration by Jean Louis Prevost from Jean Francois Laperouses Voyage. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzognos Collection of

Massacre of de Langle, Lamanon, etc. by natives of Vanuatu
Massacre of French officers de Langle, Lamanon and 10 sailors by natives of the New Hebrides (Vanuatu). Illustration by Gaspard Duche de Vancy from Jean Francois Laperouses Voyage

View of the Koryak village of St Peter and St. Paul (Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky), Kamtschatka. Volcano erupting in the background. Illustration by Blondela from Jean Francois Laperouses Voyage

Tombs of the Tungusic natives of Chikhachyova Bay, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (Castries Bay, Tartary). Tomb interior 1, coffin of a rich man to be interred in the tomb 2

Natives of the Baie de Langle, Sakhalin Island, and a Manchu Tartar. Illustration by Gaspard Duche de Vancy from Jean Francois Laperouses Voyage

Costumes of the people of Manila, Philippines, circa 1800
Costumes of the people of Manila, Philippines. Man and woman in striped bandana and shawl. Illustration by Gaspard Duche de Vancy from Jean Francois Laperouses Voyage

California thrasher, Toxostoma redivivum. (Promerops of California). Illustration by Jean Louis Prevost from Jean Francois Laperouses Voyage

Specimens of the Umin and Uchen characters in the language of Tibet. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis from Captain Samuel Turners Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in

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