About three miles north-east from Chin-keang-foo, the provincial capital of Jiang Nan (Chinese: 江南;), from the broad bright waters of the Yangtse keang, rise the picturesque and precipitous rocky islets called “the three hills of King-kow.”
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Historical travel literature of the 18th and 19th centuries. The discovery of the world
A Khanty, Ostyak of the Ob in traditional dress.
Ostyak Finno-Ugric, Khanty Ugrian people, living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals) Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
A Ostyak in traditional dress hunt ermine.
In 1803, Ostyak people in northwestern Siberia hunted ermine with bows, traded with Russians, and lived in fragrant, multi-use huts.
Kuril Islands. Aboriginal Ainu.
The Kuriles are a chain of islands extending from the south promontory of Kamchatka as far as Japan.
Native of Vinh Long, Mekong Delta, Vietnam 1895.
Native of Vinh Long, Mekong Delta, Vietnam 1895. Indigene de Vinh-Long.
Corpse incineration. La Crémation dans l’Inde. Sri Lanka 1895.
A Hindu priest, brahmane takes the traditional burial rite. La Crémation dans l’Inde.
Chinese watchman carry lanterns upon which are written their names.
At the approach of night the gates of the cities in China, and the barricades at the end of each street, are carefully shut.
Ancient Egyptian Art. Brockhaus encyclopedia. 14th Edition.
Wooden statue of a man (around 2600 BC). Sphinx of red granite (XIII dynasty). Family Group (XIX to XX. Dynasty. 1450-1150 BC).
Limonadiere before triumphal arch of the Place du Carrousel. Paris, 1821.
No vender of any article in the world makes a greater display than the Limonadiere of Paris.
Flower girl of Paris with huge wooden shoes, 1821.
This way of carrying loads is common in France. A wooden frame is secured to the shoulders, and rests upon the whole surface of the back to the hips.