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Description

Heading:
Author: Hedin, Sven
Title: Central Asia And Tibet Towards The Holy City Of Lassa
Place Published: London; New York
Publisher:Hurst and Blackett Limited; Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published: 1903
Description:

2 volumes. xvii, [3], 608; xiv, 664 pp. With 420 illustrations from drawings and photographs, eight full-page colored illustrations from paintings, and five maps, mostly by the author. 24x16.7 cm (9½x6½"), original maroon cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition.

Sven Anders Hedin was a Swedish explorer and geographer. In 1885, he went to Persia as a tutor and was attached to a Swedish-Norwegian embassy to the Shah in 1890. He made many journeys into uncharted areas, particularly in the Himalayas (1893-1898), the Gobi Desert, and Tibet. His accounts contain much information on the local peoples' way of life and numerous black-and-white photo plates, taken by Hedin, as well as reproductions of some of his sketches.

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Slight scuffing and wear to cloth; hinges cracked or tender, small stub tears to maps; very good.

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