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Sven Hedin

Born

in Stockholm, Sweden

February 19, 1865

Died

November 26, 1952

Genre

Nonfiction

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Sven Hedin was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer, and illustrator of his own works. During four expeditions to Central Asia, he discovered the Transhimalaya (once named the Hedin Range in his honor) and the sources of the Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej Rivers, Lake Lop Nur, and the remains of cities, grave sites and the Great Wall of China in the deserts of the Tarim Basin. In his book Från Pol till Pol, Hedin describes a journey through Asia and Europe between the late 1880s and early 1900s. While traveling, Hedin visited Constantinople (Istanbul), oil-rich Azerbaijan in times of the Nobel Brothers, Teheran, Mesopotamia (Iraq), lands of the Kyrgyz people, India, China, Asiatic Russia and Japan.

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	My Life as an Explorer 4.03 avg rating — 393 ratings — published 1925 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet Volume 1 4.38 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1909 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wandering Lake: Into the Heart of Asia 4.11 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abenteuer in Tibet: 1899 - 1902 3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1904 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet Volume 2 4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1909 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1914 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Across the Gobi Desert by Sven Hedin, H.J. Cant (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1931 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Durch Asiens Wüsten - Von Kaschgar nach Peking 1895-1897 3.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1951 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Conquest of Tibet 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1940 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through Asia 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1899 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My Life as an Explorer (3 books)
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Trans-Himalaya (2 books)
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Central Asia and Tibet (2 books)
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“I was swept away by the irresistible desiderium incognitti which breaks down all obstacles and refuses to recognise the impossible”
― Sven Hedin, My Life as an Explorer

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“The political entanglement which encompassed me on all sides in Tibet rendered it difficult for me to make geographical discoveries, but it stimulated my ambition. Therefore I remember with particular warmth and sympathy all those who, in virtue of their temporary power in the world, sought to raise obstacles in my way.”
― Sven Anders Hedin, Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet Volume 2

tags: thoughtfulness

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“I often heard this melodious hymn again in days of hardship, and it always affected me painfully. Not as the reproachful warning clang of church bells ringing for service, when I pass a church door without going in, but because the men sang the hymn only when they were out of spirits and considered our position desperate. It seemed as though they would remind me that defeat awaited me, and that this time I had aimed too high.”
― Sven Anders Hedin, Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet Volume 2

tags: thoughtfulness

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