Social sphere and everyday life (1806 Subjects)
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.
Types of rough and finished gemstones: diamonds and rubies.
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.
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.
The deer from whose glands musk is extracted.
Gymnosophists near temples in India. 6: The author and a Dutch officer explore the lodgings of an itinerant fakir.
Indian gymnosophist.
Weapon used by the Muslim fakirs of India.
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).
Coins of the Great Mongols of India.
Coins of one king and two majarajas, all tributaries of the emperor of the Great Mongols of India.
Coins from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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.
1-4. Coins of the Sultanate of Aceh (Sumatra). 5-6 Coins of Makassar, Indonesia. 7-10. Coins of the kingdom of Cambodia.
Coins of the kingdom of Siam (Thailand).
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).
Coins of China and the kingdom of Tonkin (today in Vietnam).
Coins of Japan.
Coins minted by Portuguese merchants and colonists of Goah, India.
Coins of the Czar of Russia.
High-ranking officials of the kingdom of Tonkin.
Theatre production at Hanoi (today in Vietnam) in the presence of the king of Tonkin and his court.
Coins of the kingdom of Tonkin (today in Vietnam).
Pagodas at the kingdom of Tonkin (Vietnam). In the foreground, gymnosophists and priests in ceremonial dress doing their prayers.
Top: The king of Tonkin (Vietnam) exits the palace. Bottom: The king of Tonkin (Vietnam) leaves for war.
Procession which escorts the queen mother or the queen of Tonkin as they exit the palace.
Funeral procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).
Carriages with livestock and other provisions leave Hanoi. They are destined to feed the soldiers and other followers of the funeral procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).
The seal of Shah Ismail I of Persia, with an interpretation of the symbols by the author.
The tugra (signature) of the Shah of Persia, with interpretation of the symbols by the author.