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Aurangzeb and Shah Jahan, in copper engravings from "Modern History: or, the Present State of all Nations," by Thomas Salmon, published by Bettesworth & Hitch, London, 1739. More engravings:

       *Aurangzeb* (shown above)
       *Shah Jahan* (shown above)
       *The Indian god Ixora (Ishvara, or Shiva)*
       *Two forms in which the god Wistnow has appeared*
       *Banians and Brahmins*
       *Persians, and a Banian*
       *Hunting and hawking in Persia*
       *A Persian of quality, mounted*
       *A Persian caravanserai*
       *Chinese*
       *Chinese architectural plans*
       *Chinese idols*
       *The Chinese idol Dabis*
       *The porcelain tower of Nanking*
       *Japanese*
       *Siamese*
       *Siamese idols and convents*
       *Siamese architectural plans*
       *Tonkinese*
       *A Tonkin pagoda (with elephant and horse)*
       *People of Batavia*
       *Malayans at Batavia*
       *A merchant of Java*
       *Javanese*
       *Animals of Java*
       *Mountain people of Borneo*
       *A Borneo town*
       *Turkish gentleman and lady*
       *Constantinople*
       *Laplanders*
       *Russian ladies*
       *Charles XII, King of Sweden*
       *A Dutch Burghmaster and his wife*
       *Middleburgh and Utrecht*
       *The Stadthouse of Amsterdam*
       *The Vatican*
       *The inside of the amphitheater at Verona*
       *Roman statues*
       *Greeks*
       *Greek priests*
       *The grotto on Antiparos (Greece)*
       *Moors on the Barbary Coast*
       *Guineans*
       *Hottentot men*
       *Hottentot women*
       *Indians of North America*
*Vitziputsli (Aztec god, Mexico)*
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Author 1739
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