The photographs were made on a trip that followed the route indicated below. One photograph -- a portrait of the members of the commission -- was made en route at an unspecified location.
The place names below are given according to the modern forms used in the cataloging. The names in parentheses are the names used at the time of the commission's trip.
North Africa
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Egypt
Aden
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)
India
Pakistan (formerly part of India)
Bangladesh (formerly part of India)
Burma
Singapore
Indonesia (called Java by the commission)
Thailand (formerly Siam)
Australia
Tasmania (part of Australia)
New Zealand
Oceania
Fiji
Hong Kong and Macao
China
Korea
Japan
Russia (images of Siberia and Manchuria)