My Life as an Explorer (National Geographic Adventure Classics) - Softcover

Hedin, Sven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 079226987X ISBN 13: 9780792269878

Verlag: National Geographic, 2003

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Over the course of three decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Sven Hedin traveled the ancient Silk Road, discovered long-lost cities, mapped previously uncharted rivers, and saw more of "the roof of the world" than any European before him. Written in the exuberant, enthusiastic style of Richard Halliburton's The Royal Road to Romance, this epic memoir captures the splendor of nowvanished civilizations, the excitement of unearthing ancient monuments, the chilling terrors of snow-clogged mountain passes, and the parching agony of the desert. Hedin climbs accursed mountains in China, infiltrates Tibet, outwits Torgut bandits, and of course becomes close friends with royalty from Peking to London, including the rulers of both the Russian and British empires. A worldwide bestseller in the 1920s, it today introduces a new generation to a man of exceptional daring and accomplishment. The book is illustrated with 160 of Hedin's own drawings.

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"My life as an Explorer" is the riveting bestseller that made geographer and explorer Sven Hadin a worldwide celebrity in the 1920s. Sven Hedin traveled Central Asia's ancient silk Road and discovered, along the way, lost cities and uncharted rivers. Illustrated with 160 sketches by the author, this memoir captures the splendor of now-vanished civilizations, the excitement of unearthing ancient monuments, the chilling terror of snow-clogged mountain passes and the danger of infiltrating Tibet.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: National Geographic
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 079226987X
• ISBN 13: 9780792269878
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 500
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