Sven Hedin
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title:
Sven Hedin
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Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO, was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works. During four expeditions to Central Asia, he made the Transhimalaya known in the West and located sources of the Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej Rivers. He also mapped 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 Eur
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Swedish geographer, explorer, photographer, and illustrator (1865–1952)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Hedin
date created:
2004-03-15T20:58:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T13:32:18Z
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