1880798

Sven Hedin Asian Exploration German Book 1937 #1880798

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***REASONABLE BEST-OFFERS CONSIDERED PRE-AUCTION OR DIRECT PURCHASE - ITEMS TO BE SOLD VIA THIS VENUE ONLY (PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST OFF-VENUE SALE)! Title of Vintage German Language Asian Expedition Discovery/Exploration/Travel Book: Die Flucht Des Grossen Pferdes ("The Flight of the Big Horse")

***This book is about Author Hedin?s 1927-1935 Asian Expedition (see "Excerpted Research Info" below)

LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT with approximately 118 Period Vintage B&W Photographs & Illustrations!

Author(s): Sven Hedin, Swedish Explorer, Geographer & Geopolitician (1865-1952)

***Excerpted Research Info: "1927-1935 Asian Expedition: The most elaborately equipped of Hedin's expeditions--an army of scholars and others, whose main geographical focus was in Mongolia and the northern and eastern parts of the Tarim Basin. At the outset experienced difficulties with the Chinese authorities, who were beginning to resist Western incursions in China (the matter was solved by adding Chinese scholars to the group); later became a captive during the Dungan rebellion in Xinjiang. One of the sponsors of the expedition was Lufthansa, which was hoping to open air routes across Inner Asia to China; some of the exploration was avowedly with the idea of re-opening the Silk Road by determining the best routes for motor traffic.
Was able to prove convincingly his theories about the "movement" of Lop-Nor, since the rivers fed by the Tarim had changed course in 1921; the lake was now back in its northern ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent - Refer to Specific Condition Details within Listing</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1937</td></tr>

<tr><td>Maker:Author - Sven Hedin</td></tr>




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<tr><td>Location:Glendale, Arizona</td></tr>
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