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  • Adventures in Tibet

    by Dr. Sven Hedin ...
    The halo of romance and the magic of the unknown which have for so long drawn the adventurous as by a magnet to the mysterious land of Tibet have now been in great part dissipated. Dr. Hedin was among the last travelers who penetrated into the Land of Snow trusting to their own resources alone. When the traveler of today enters Tibet, it will be under the protecting aegis of the modern ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Trans-Himalaya - Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, Vol. 1

    by Dr. Sven Hedin ...
    One of the most important travel books ever written is the story of Dr. Sven Hedin's discoveries and adventures in Tibet, which he has brought out in two volumes under the general title "Trans-Himalaya." Besides being a closely woven, carefully prepared account of the achievements of a scientific explorer, geographer, and ethnologist, this work is an entertainingly told story of startling ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Trans-Himalaya - Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, Vol. 2

    by Dr. Sven Hedin ...
    One of the most important travel books ever written is the story of Dr. Sven Hedin's discoveries and adventures in Tibet, which he has brought out in two volumes under the general title "Trans-Himalaya." Besides being a closely woven, carefully prepared account of the achievements of a scientific explorer, geographer, and ethnologist, this work is an entertainingly told story of startling ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia 1899 - 1902. Vol. 1: The Tarim River

    by Dr. Sven Hedin ...
    Hedin's expedition notes laid the foundations for a precise mapping of Central Asia. He was one of the first European scientific explorers to employ indigenous scientists and research assistants on his expeditions. Although primarily an explorer, he was also the first to unearth the ruins of ancient Buddhist cities in Chinese Central Asia. However, as his main interest in archaeology was finding ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Through Asia, Volume 2

    by Dr. Sven Hedin ...
    Translated by John Thomas Bealby ...
    Right in the heart of Asia, where Britain, Russia and China stretched encroaching fingers towards a possible meeting, lies the mysterious tract of country passed over in half a page in our geography books, and omitted, except in vague and general outline, from our atlases. It is a region about which people have inquired little. North and South have been eagerly explored; the Pole and Sahara are ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • From Pole to Pole

    by Dr. Sven Hedin ...
    Vividly written and fully illustrated sketches of the travels of the famous explorer, including descriptions of countries and peoples, tales of exploration in all ages and historical stories connected with places described. Abridged for young people from the original Norwegian work . ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Across the Gobi Desert

    by Dr. Sven Hedin ...
    Translated by Herbert John Cant ...
    The socalled Sino-Swedish Expedition was a bilateral undertaking led by Sven Hedin that conducted scientific research in northern and northwestern China from 1927 to 1935. The expedition was particularly concerned with the meteorology, topography, and prehistory of Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, and Xinjiang. Chiang Kai-shek was one of the patrons of the expedition. In the years 1927-32 the party ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Through Asia, Volume 1

    by Dr. Sven Hedin ...
    Translated by John Thomas Bealby ...
    Right in the heart of Asia, where Britain, Russia and China stretched encroaching fingers towards a possible meeting, lies the mysterious tract of country passed over in half a page in our geography books, and omitted, except in vague and general outline, from our atlases. It is a region about which people have inquired little. North and South have been eagerly explored; the Pole and Sahara are ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Overland to India, Volume 2

    by Dr. Sven Hedin ...
    A detailed account of the journey from Trebizond to Quetta. The route took Hedin through Erzerum, skirted Mount Ararat to Etchmiadzin and Nakichevan (the grave of Noah), and thence by Tabriz and Kasvin to Teheran, where the first part of his journey ended. The second part took him to Nasratabad in Seistan; the third to Quetta, where he may be said to have reached India . . . . The two volumes in ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Overland to India, Volume 1

    by Dr. Sven Hedin ...
    A detailed account of the journey from Trebizond to Quetta. The route took Hedin through Erzerum, skirted Mount Ararat to Etchmiadzin and Nakichevan (the grave of Noah), and thence by Tabriz and Kasvin to Teheran, where the first part of his journey ended. The second part took him to Nasratabad in Seistan; the third to Quetta, where he may be said to have reached India . . . . The two volumes in ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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    by John Keay ...
    Series Book 349 - Mammoth Books
    Alarms amongst the Uzbeks - Alexander BurnesOf all the "forbidden" cities (Timbuktu, Mecca, Lhasa, Riyadh and so on) none enjoyed a more fearsome reputation that Bukhara in Uzbekistan. The first British Indian expedition, that of William Moorcroft in 1819-26, had never returned. Moorcroft's disappearance, like that of Livingstone or Franklin, posed a challenge in itself and preyed on the minds of ... Read more

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  • RUINS OF DESERT CATHAY - 1912 - Volume 1

    PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF EXPLORATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND WESTERNMOST CHINA. 1906-1909.

    by M. Aurel Stein, Ben Hammott (Editor) ...
    Series series RUINS OF DESERT CATHAY
    RUINS OF DESERT CATHAY (Published 1912)PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF EXPLORATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND WESTERNMOST CHINA IN 1912 BY M. AUREL STEIN.WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS, COLOUR PLATES, PANORAMAS, AND MAPS FROM ORIGINAL SURVEYS IN TWO VOLUMES - VOL. 1This is the complete and unabridged version and includes every image that appears in the original printed version. This is NOT a scanned copy with ... Read more

    $7.45 CAD