Author: HEDIN, Sven.
Title: Durch Asiens Wüsten. Drei Jahre auf neuen Wegen in Pamir, Lop-nor, Tibet und China. 8. Auflage.
Description: Leipzig., F.A. Brockhaus, 1923. 2 volumes. Original pictorial cloth. With 5 maps and 107 illustrations and plates. XII,236; VI,245 pp. First German edition 1899, first published in Swedish En färd Asien 1893-97. Stockholm, 1898. - Account of Sven Hedin's first scientific expedition in Central Asia. He traveled across Russia to Tashkent, and in winter 1893-94 he crossed the Pamir region. Returning to Kashgar in western Chinese Turkestan, he explored the Tarim Basin, then made a harrowing crossing of the Takla Makam Desert, during which some of his guides died of thirst. On his expedition, he also came upon ruins of ancient settlements that had lined the old Silk Road. Hedin next explored Lop Nop, a large shallow lake in western China, its shifting location long a puzzle to European geographers. He went on to Peking, then returned to Europe. - Fine. Hess 4; Yakushi H97C.
Keywords: Asia travel
Title: Durch Asiens Wüsten. Drei Jahre auf neuen Wegen in Pamir, Lop-nor, Tibet und China. 8. Auflage.
Description: Leipzig., F.A. Brockhaus, 1923. 2 volumes. Original pictorial cloth. With 5 maps and 107 illustrations and plates. XII,236; VI,245 pp. First German edition 1899, first published in Swedish En färd Asien 1893-97. Stockholm, 1898. - Account of Sven Hedin's first scientific expedition in Central Asia. He traveled across Russia to Tashkent, and in winter 1893-94 he crossed the Pamir region. Returning to Kashgar in western Chinese Turkestan, he explored the Tarim Basin, then made a harrowing crossing of the Takla Makam Desert, during which some of his guides died of thirst. On his expedition, he also came upon ruins of ancient settlements that had lined the old Silk Road. Hedin next explored Lop Nop, a large shallow lake in western China, its shifting location long a puzzle to European geographers. He went on to Peking, then returned to Europe. - Fine. Hess 4; Yakushi H97C.
Keywords: Asia travel
Price: EUR 148.50 = appr. US$ 161.40 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 24275
- Book number: 24275