Figure 1
Portrait of Charles Eudes Bonin taken around 1897. Collection Bonin A015761 © Archives du Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères – La Courneuve.
Figure 2
Map of the itinerary followed by Bonin during his second central Asian expedition (1898–1900), reproduced from À Travers le Monde, 1901: 109.
Figure 3
Stele dated 1348, photograph taken by Raghu Vira (1902–1963) in 1955. © The British Library Board, Photo 1274/1(141).
Figure 4
Dunhuang. Caves of the Thousand Buddhas. Detail of the central altar in Cave 61. Collection Bonin AO15228 © Archives du Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères – La Courneuve.9
Figure 5
Dunhuang. Caves of the Thousand Buddhas. Inside view of the north wall of the corridor leading to Cave 61 with a mural of an astronomical map depicting 28 stars. Collection Bonin AO15229 © Archives du Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères – La Courneuve.
Figure 6
Dunhuang. Caves of the Thousand Buddhas. Detail of Cave 331. Collection Bonin AO15227 © Archives du Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères – La Courneuve.
Figure 7
Bonin and Hedin by the Tarim River, 17 December 1899, Collection Bonin A015796 © Archives du Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères – La Courneuve.