Image: Moorishbarbarians

Description: 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)*
Title: Moorishbarbarians
Credit: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/compendia/salmon/aa_salmon.html
Author: 1739
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