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My Life as an Explorer by Sven Hedin

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Book Title: My Life as an Explorer

Author: Sven Hedin

Translated: By Alfhild Huebsch

Date: 1925

Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co.

Size: 10 x 6.9 inches

Hardcover

Sven Hedin (1865-1952) was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer, and illustrator of his own works.

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