About The Book-The book starts by giving a short overview of the recent explorations in Central Asia and by setting out the objectives of Hedin´s journey. His recount of the journey starts in Russia. To reach the starting point of his expedition, Hedin travelled across Russia, through today´s Kazakhstan, to eventually arrive in Tashkent, which was part of the Russian Empire at that time. About The Author -: Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works. During four expeditions to Central Asia, he made the Transhimalaya known in the West and located sources of the Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej Rivers. He also mapped Lake Lop Nur, and the remains of cities, grave sites and the Great Wall of China in the deserts of the Tarim Basin. In his book Från pol till pol (From Pole to Pole), Hedin describes a journey through Asia and Europe between the late 1880s and the early 1900s. While travelling, Hedin visited Turkey, the Caucasus, Tehran, Iraq, lands of the Kyrgyz people and the Russian Far East, India, China and Japan. The posthumous publication of his Central Asia Atlas marked the conclusion of his life's work. The Title 'Through Asia written/authored/edited by Sven Hedin', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121229012 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 647 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:- Vol. 2nd
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