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Front CoverTravels In The Far East (1909)

The front cover of the book is green and gold. The countries listed are Egypt, India, Burma, Ceylon, Java, Siam, China, Manchuria and Korea.

Keywords: pictures of books, book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-03-04

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A Tower of SilenceTravels In The Far East (1909)

The circular wall here encloses a place of the dead, where bodies are left to be picked apart by the vultures that we see sitting on the wall and in the tall palm trees in this photograph. The constru [...]

Keywords: tombs, death, birds, trees, palm trees, ancient buildings, walls, cemetaries, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Bombay; India

Added: 2017-04-22

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Agra Palace and part of wall and gateway to the fort.Travels In The Far East (1909)

While the centre of attraction in Agra is the Taj Mahal, the fort, palace, and Moti Musjid (Pearl Mosque) are of equal interest. here we see the impress of three rulers, Akbar (the grandson of the not [...]

Keywords: castles, forts, battlements, greyscale

Places shown: Agra; India

Added: 2007-10-17

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Fort Dufferin and the moat, MandalayTravels In The Far East (1909)

Mandalay was the capital of Burma until the British captured the country in 1885. After that, the headquarters of the region were based here, in Fort Dufferin. Today Mandalay is one of the largest c [...]

Keywords: temples, rivers, reflections, greyscale

Places shown: Fort Dufferin; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar

Added: 2008-02-17

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Elephants cayying logs at RangoonTravels In The Far East (1909)

“One morning we rose at 5 a. m. for an early excursion to see elephants haul teak from the river-bank to higher ground, where the logs would dry before transference to the sawmills. We went at this t [...]

Keywords: animals, elephants, people, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: Yangon; Yangon Division; Myanmar

Added: 2007-08-29

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132b.—Temple ofthe Sacred Tooth in KandyTravels In The Far East (1909)

The Temple of the Tooth Relic has its own web site, www.sridaladamaligawa.lk. It has a photograph of the same temple entrance on the page about the temple history. “Kandy, in the Eastern world, deriv [...]

Keywords: temples, stairs, greyscale

Places shown: Kandy; Sri Lanka

Added: 2005-03-04

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The stairs leading to a Prambanam temple.Travels In The Far East (1909)

“We drove on, perhaps a mile farther, and came to a wonderful group of temples, dating about the same period, known as Prambanam, where we saw what excited our wonder and admiration. Though the ruins [...]

Keywords: temples, ruins, stairs, greyscale

Places shown: Leles; Sri Lanka

Added: 2005-03-17

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Ruined Temple of PrambanamTravels In The Far East (1909)

Another photograph of the temple; this one was badly printed, with a low dot-screen, unfortunately.

Keywords: ruins, temples, greyscale

Places shown: Leles; Sri Lanka

Added: 2005-07-27

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The fort and castle at OsakaTravels In The Far East (1909)

Osaka, April 13th: The next morning dawned brightly, and we left in jinrikishas for a general tour, first visiting the fort where stands a noted castle, very picturesque in appearance. We hen visite [...]

Keywords: castles, moats, walls, fortifications, greyscale

Places shown: Osaka; Osaka Prefecture; Japan

Added: 2010-06-15

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