Through Asia

by Sven Hedin

Scientist and adventurer, Sven Hedin, in 1893 started out on another bold expedition into Central Asia to explore the Gobi Desert and the endless wastes of the Tibetan plateau. His aim was scientific research in topology, geology, anthropology, archaeology, meteorology and hydrology. Here is a graphic description of spectacular scenery and remote peoples, of constant adventures and dangers faced.

1278 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1899

About the author

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.