Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet.
by Hedin, Sven
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Company, Limited, 1909-1913. Swedish explorer, geographer and illustrator Sven Hedin made four major expeditionary trips to Asia thoughout his lifetime. In the first, from 1893 to 1897, he visited the Pamir Mountains, traveled through the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang Region of Western China and across the Taklamakan Desert where he visited the 1500 year old abandoned cities of Dandan Oilik and Kara Dung. In April of 1896 he discovered Lake Bosten, one of the largest inland bodies of water in Central Asia. Dedicated to the Prince of Wales, the present volume provides a record of his nearly four years' travels throughout Asia, with nearly three hundred illustrations from sketches and photographs by him.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111827
- Title
- Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet.
- Author
- Hedin, Sven
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909-1913
- Keywords
- Sven Hedin First Edition, Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet First Edition
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