Many important cities and empires in Asia were labelled as they were then known in the 1820s. This medal was engraved by famed British medalist Thomas Halliday, and gives a very "British" perspective of the world back then.

• “Pekin” refers to present-day Beijing, China

• “Lassa” refers to present-day Lhassa in Tibet, China

• “Java” refers to the region that is now part of present-day Indonesia

• “New Holland” refers to present-day Australia