Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952).
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 1
Abbreviations: Hedin
Occupations: naturalist, writer, botanist, explorer, geographer, geologist, politician, botanical collector, geopolitical analyst, scientific explorer, illustrator, non-fiction writer, photographer, political scientist
Citizenships: Sweden
Languages: Tibetan, Swedish
Dates: 1865-02-19T00:00:00Z – 1952-11-26T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Klara Church Parish
Authorship mentions: 1 plant, 0 fungi