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Jacob's Bridge, between the lakes of Tiberia, with the tents of the British Army pitched on the mountain side and the tents of the and the Aga of the Janisaries, c. October 1799, during the Defence of the Ottoman Empire against General Bonaparte

Part of Great Wall, Pechili province, China.

Madras

Chinese skipper, Yangtse river

Lord Hardinge's Residence at Simlah

Nepal; Kathmandu Valley, 1986. The Kathmandu Valley is situated in Nepal's Hill Region ('Pahar' in Nepali - altitutides 1000-4000 metres), and is the country's most fertile and urbanised area as well as being its political and cultural centre. The hills, sculpted into a vast complex of terraces, are extensively cultivated. Hill farmers produced food staples, mostly rice and corn, although this is still a food-deficit area. Other crops include wheat, millet, barley, sugarcane, tobacco, potatoes and oilseed. The climate is mild with summer temperatures reaching 30 degrees C and winter temperatures about 10 degrees C. The most common trees are oak, alder, jacaranda and rhododendron.

Snowy Valley, Chekiang province, China.

Ming tombs of Emperors, Nangking, Kiangsu province, China

Upper Yangtse boatmen

View of Chefoo, Shantung province, China.

Stone camels along the approach to Yung-lo's tomb.

An up-country Chinese bridge, Lye Fow Kok, on the River Min, Fujian (Fukien) province, China.

Ning Po, Chekiang province, China.

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Stone camels along the approach to Yung-lo's tomb.

An up-country Chinese bridge, Lye Fow Kok, on the River Min, Fujian (Fukien) province, China.

Jacob's Bridge, between the lakes of Tiberia, with the tents of the British Army pitched on the mountain side and the tents of the and the Aga of the Janisaries, c. October 1799, during the Defence of the Ottoman Empire against General Bonaparte

Snowy Valley, Chekiang province, China.

Ning Po, Chekiang province, China.