Sven Hedin
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Sven Hedin was a Swedish explorer and geographer who traveled extensively through Asia in the late 1800s and early 1900s, documenting his discoveries through maps, photographs, and written accounts. His work contributed significantly to European geographical knowledge of remote regions like Central Asia and Tibet during an era of major exploration.
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- Born
- 1865
- Died
- 1952
- Works
- 173
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- Im verbotenen Land
- Sveriges öde
- Wildes heiliges Tibet
- 亞洲腹地旅行記
- Trans-Himalaya
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Dr. Sven Hedin at home in 1902 Sven Hedin signature on postcard to Johann Maria Farina 1935 Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO, (19 February 1865 – 26 November 1952) 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 (From Pole to Pole), Hedin describes a journey through Asia and Europe between the late 1880s and the early 1900s. While traveling, Hedin visited Turkey, the Caucasus, Tehran, Iraq, lands of the Kyrgyz people and the Russian Far East, India, China and Japan. The posthumous publication of his Central Asia Atlas marked the conclusion of his life's work.
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1865 births1952 deaths20th-century Swedish nobilityCommanders First Class of the Order of the Polar StarCommons link from WikidataExplorers of AsiaExplorers of Central AsiaExplorers of IranExplorers of South AsiaExplorers of TibetGeopoliticiansHimalayan studiesHonorary Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire