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Title: " In the Heart of Asia" Pamir, Tibet, East Turkestan. Travel of Sven Hedin in 1893-1897. In 2 volumes (complete set) Volume 1 and Volume 2
("В Сердце Азии" (V Serdtse Azii)- Памир, Тибет, Восточный Туркестан. Путешествие Свена Гедина в 1893-1897 годах. В 2-х томах (полный комплект)- Том 1 и Том 2 )
Author(s)/Editor(s): Sven Hedin, translated from Swedish by A. and P. Hansen (Свен Хедин, перевод со шведского А. и П. Ганзен)
Language(s): Russian (Русский) ; Cover: Hardboard; Sizes: 17.5(W) x 23(H) cm
Publisher: " A. F. Devriena " Publishing ( "Издание А. Ф. Девриена" ) ; Year: 1899 Place: St. Petersburg ( С.-Петербург) ; Pages:455 & 488 - with 256 illustrations & 3 maps
Condition: Good Antique Condition:
General age wear. Hardcovers were replaced (with leather spine & corners). The first 2 pages & the last page of vol. 1 and the first 3 pages of vol. 2 (those includes the title pages) are photo copies (not the originals) on old looking (matching) papers & (hard to notice). Some minor stains and minor marks. Overall very clean and well preserved pages. For more information regarding book's condition- check
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Item's Code: XR-3390
ABOUT:
This is an extremely rare 2 vol. Russian book set on Sven Hedin's expedition to Pamir (Russia), Tibet and Eastern Turkestan, during 1893 until 1897. Hedin investigated the Pamir Mountains , travelling through the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang region, across theTaklamakan Desert, Lake Kara-Koshun and Lake Bosten, proceeding to study northern Tibet. He covered 26,000 kilometres (16,000 mi) on this journey and mapped 10,498 kilometres (6,523 miles) of them on 552 sheets. Approximately 3,600 kilometres (2,200 miles) led through previously uncharted areas. Sven Anders Hedin (Gedin) (1865-1952) - the famous Swedish traveler, geographer, journalist, writer, graphic artist, public figure, the most famous Swede, whose existence was forgotten after the Second World War. He made a number of outstanding expeditions to Tibet, China and Central Asia, was the first to describe many historical monuments and landscapes, removed dozens of "white spots" on the world map, and in general was the first European in these places. Among Asian researchers, his name stands next to the name of Nikolai Przhevalsky. The book tells about the journey of Sven Hedin in 1893-1897, full of dangers and adventures. across the Pamirs, the Tibetan Plateau and the Central Asian deserts. Having gone through the greatest hardships, having lost many satellites and almost the entire caravan, Hedin managed to overcome gigantic waterless spaces and find an ancient city covered with sands in one of the largest deserts of the world, Taklamakan. The book is illustrated with drawings by Sven Hedin.
Between 1893 and 1897, Hedin investigated the Pamir Mountains, travelling through the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang region, across the Taklamakan Desert, Lake Kara-Koshun and Lake Bosten, proceeding to study northern Tibet. He covered 26,000 kilometres (16,000 mi) on this journey and mapped 10,498 kilometres (6,523 mi) of them on 552 sheets. Approximately 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi) led through previously uncharted areas. He started out on this expedition on 16 October 1893, from Stockholm, traveling via Saint Petersburg and Tashkent to the Pamir Mountains. Several attempts to climb the 7,546 metres (24,757 ft) high Muztagata—called the Father of the Glaciers—in the Pamir Mountains were unsuccessful. He remained in Kashgar until April 1895 and then left on 10 April with three local escorts from the village of Merket to cross the Taklamakan Desert via Tusluk to the Khotan River. Since their water supply was insufficient, seven camels died of thirst, as did two of his escorts (according to Hedin's dramatized and probably inaccurate account). Bruno Baumann traveled on this route in April 2000 with a camel caravan and ascertained that at least one of the escorts who, according to Hedin, had died of thirst had survived, and that it is impossible for a camel caravan traveling in springtime on this route to carry enough drinking water for both camels and travelers.[7] According to other sources, Hedin had neglected to completely fill the drinking water containers for his caravan at the beginning of the expedition and set out for the desert with only half as much water as could actually be carried. When he noticed the mistake, it was too late to return. Obsessed by his urge to carry out his research, Hedin deserted the caravan and proceeded alone on horseback with his servant. When that escort also collapsed from thirst, Hedin left him behind as well, but managed to reach a water source at the last desperate moment. He did, however, return to his servant with water and rescued him. Nevertheless, his ruthless behavior earned him massive criticism.[8] In January 1896, after a stopover in Kashgar, Hedin visited the 1,500-year-old abandoned cities of Dandan Oilik and Kara Dung, which are located northeast of Khotan in the Taklamakan Desert. At the beginning of March, he discovered Lake Bosten, one of the largest inland bodies of water in Central Asia. He reported that this lake is supplied by a single mighty feeder stream, the Kaidu River. He mapped Lake Kara-Koshun and returned on 27 May to Khotan. On 29 June, he started out from there with his caravan across northern Tibet and China to Beijing, where he arrived on 2 March 1897. He returned to Stockholm via Mongolia and Russia. -------------------------------------------------- Книга ” В сердце Азии. Памир. – Тибет. – Восточный Туркестан ” рассказывает о путешествии Свена Гедина в 1893-1897 гг. по Памиру, Тибетскому нагорью и среднеазиатским пустыням. Том 1 с 116 рисунками в тексте и двумя цветными сложенными картами. Том 2 с 140 рисунками в тексте и одной большой сложенной цветной картой. Свен Андерс Хедин (Гедин) (1865-1952) — знаменитый шведский путешественник, географ, журналист, писатель, график, общественный деятель, самый известный швед, о чьем существовании забыли после Второй мировой войны. Совершил ряд выдающихся экспедиций в Тибет, Китай и Среднюю Азию, первым описал многие исторические памятники и ландшафты, устранил на карте мира десятки «белых пятен» и вообще был первым европейцем в этих местах. Среди исследователей Азии его имя стоит рядом с именем Николая Пржевальского. Книга рассказывает о полном опасностей и приключений путешествии Свена Хедина в 1893-1897 гг. по Памиру, Тибетскому нагорью и среднеазиатским пустыням. Пройдя через величайшие лишения, потеряв многих спутников и почти весь караван, Хедин сумел преодолеть гигантские безводные пространства и найти в одной из крупнейших пустынь мира Такла-Макан засыпанный песками древний город. Книга иллюстрирована рисунками Свена Хедина.
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