An action-packed memoir of his journeys along Central Asia's ancient Silk Road during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by the acclaimed Swedish geographer and explorer is accompanied by period illustrations and photographs, an expedition map, and reprints of articles written for National Geographic between 1897 and 1905. Reprint.
My Life as an Explorer, Sven Hedin, National Geographic Adventure, National Geographic; Reprint edition , Paperback, 450 pages, 2003, $16.00
He was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer, and illustrator of his own works. During four expeditions to Central Asia, he made the Trans-Himalaya known in the West and located sources of the Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej Rivers.
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