ADVENTURES IN TIBET.

Hedin, Sven

F.A. Brockhaus

An action-packed memoir of his journeys along Central Asia's ancient Silk Road during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by the acclaimed Swedish geographer and explorer is accompanied by period illustrations and photographs, an expedition map, and reprints of articles written for National Geographic between 1897 and 1905. Reprint.

My Life as an Explorer

History

Americas

National Geographic

Through Asia

Asia

Legare Street Press

FROM THE SILK ROAD AND TIBET, THE EPIC MEMOIR OF A BESTSELLING ADVENTURE Over the course of three decades, Sven Hedin traveled the ancient Silk Road, discovered long-lost cities, mapped previously uncharted rivers, and saw more of "the roof of the world" than any European before him. This epic memoir captures the splendor of now-vanished civilizations, the excitement of unearthing ancient monuments, the chilling terrors of snow-clogged mountain passes, and the parching agony of the desert. A worldwide bestseller in the 1920s, it today introduces a new generation to a man of exceptional daring and accomplishment. The book is illustrated with 160 of Hedin's own drawings.

My Life as an Explorer: The Great Adventurers Classic Memoir (Kodansha Globe)

Biographies & Memoirs

HOPKIRK, Peter

Professionals & Academics

Kodansha USA

This is that rarest of books, the one you grab when the house is on fire, or you’re about to be marooned on a desert island with nothing else to read. Sven Hedin was not only one of the greatest explorers of the nineteenth century, he was also a brilliant storyteller. Nowhere does the Swedish author tell a tale of excitement, adventure, danger, travel, and hair-raising escape like he does in “My Life as an Explorer”. Written in an engaging anecdotal style, Hedin explains how he first went to Persia in 1885. Even this first trip was full of mishaps, as he nearly lost his life riding across the snow-covered Elbruz mountains during a fierce snow-storm. Yet Hedin miraculously survived and went on to meet the Shah of Persia. Thus was set the pattern for his remarkable future, which was one part royalty and ten parts danger. “My Life as an Explorer” regales the reader with almost more adventure than one can bear to read. Hedin raids the burial grounds of a secret Asian sect. He courts disaster with the Emir of Bokhara. He climbs accursed mountains in China, discovers lost cities in the Gobi desert, infiltrates Tibet, outwits Torgut bandits, and of course becomes close friends with royalty from Peking to London, including the rulers of both the Russian and British empires. In short Hedin lived a life so full of adventure and escape that merely reading about it is exhausting. Illustrated with dozens of his own drawings, this remains the single most exciting adventure travel book written in the early twentieth century.

Travel

Travel Writing

Long Riders' Guild Press

Mi vida como explorador (Spanish Edition)

Ecos de Oriente

Commissioned by the Chinese to map a road through one of the most inhospitable regions in the world, Hedin set out on a journey that saw him become entangled in a bloody war for independence that was raging in the province. Struggling through the battle-scarred land, he encountered rebel fighters and bandits, was imprisoned and nearly executed. An enthralling account of drama and high adventure, The Trail of War is an extraordinary portrait of Central Asia and its people.

The Trail of War: On the Track of Big Horse in Central Asia (Tauris Parke Paperbacks)

Tauris Parke Paperbacks

Linking East and West, Asia with Europe, the Silk Road was once the most important trading route in the world. A conduit for the exchange of prized silks, spices and jewels as well as philosophies, cultures and religions, the Silk Road was a catalyst for the rise and fall of some of the greatest civilizations in history. This second title in the trilogy--The War, The Road and The Lake--this is the account of Sven Hedin’s 10,000-mile journey along the ancient Silk Road, as he carried out a mission for the Chinese to create a road linking China with the rogue province of Xinjiang. Forbidden by the government to conduct archaeological investigations, Hedin ignored the restriction and was imprisoned for it, but the research that he brought back with him has formed the basis of much of the West’s knowledge of the Silk Road and its history. Today, as waves of tourists tread its abandoned routes and explore its ruined caravanserais, they follow in the footsteps of this original Silk Road explorer.

The Silk Road: Ten Thousand Miles through Central Asia (Tauris Parke Paperbacks)

The lake of Lop Nur, the *Heart of the heart of Asia,* is one of the world’s strangest phenomena. Situated in the wild Chinese province of Xinjiang, Lop Nur - *The wandering lake*- has for millennia been in a perpetual state of flux, drifting north to south, often tens of kilometres in as many years. It was once the lifeblood of the great Silk Road kingdom of Loulan, which flourished in this otherwise barren region 2,000 years ago and its peculiar movements confused even Ptolemy, who marked the lake twice on his map of Asia. Sven Hedin became captivated by the Lop Nur's peripatetic movements and for forty years his destiny was inextricably linked with that of this mysterious lake and the region surrounding it. His last journey to Lop Nur was in 1934. Travelling the length of the Konche-daria and Kum-daria rivers by canoe, Hedin embarked on his last Central Asian expedition and proved what he had always suspected - that Lop Nur did indeed shift position - and why. When he camped on its vast banks at night, Lop Nur was deep and full. Today, this once great lake - a a mighty reservoir in the desert - is nothing but windblown sand and salty marsh. The third in Sven Hedin’s Central Asia trilogy, The Wandering Lake is a gripping story of adventure and discovery but it is also a rare account of a now-vanished world; a masterpiece by one of history’s last great explorers.

The Wandering Lake: Into the Heart of Asia (Tauris Parke Paperbacks)

Cette année, j'aborderai le Tibet par les Indes britanniques, et, le 16 octobre 1905, pour la cinquième fois, je reprenais le chemin de l'Asie centrale. Vers les Indes, je m'achemine par terre, par Trébizonde, par l'Arménie turque, la Perse, le Séistan, le grand désert béloutche, pour atteindre à Nouschki le réseau ferré de la péninsule indienne ; un voyage de sept mois, très intéressant et qui me sert en quelque sorte d'entraînement après trois ans d'inaction. Finalement, à la fin de mai 1906, j'arrivais à Simla, la résidence du vice-roi des Indes. Cette visite était d'ordre diplomatique ; avant de me mettre en route, il importait de connaître les dispositions du gouvernement anglo-indien à mon égard. Un an auparavant, Lord Curzon, alors vice-roi, m'avait promis le concours le plus actif dans ma nouvelle entreprise. Depuis il avait quitté sa haute situation, et, en Angleterre, le pouvoir était passé aux mains des libéraux. Ces changements politiques n'ont-ils exercé aucune influence sur les dispositions officielles ? A ce sujet, je ne suis pas sans une certaine inquiétude.

Le Tibet dévoilé (French Edition)

Omnia Veritas Ltd

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