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Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO, (19 February 1865 – 26 November 1952) 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 traveling, 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.
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GenderMale
Birthday1865-02-19
Deathday1952-11-26 (87 years old)
FatherAbraham Ludvig Hedin
MotherAnna Sofia Carolina Berlin
SiblingsAlma Hedin, Emma Hedin, Gerda Hedin, Clara Hedin
CitizenshipsSweden
AwardsFounder’s Medal, Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, Order of the Polar Star - Commander 1st Class, Carl-Ritter-Medal, Alexander von Humboldt Medal, Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Livingstone Medal, Victoria Medal, Vega Medal, Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford, honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge, Grand Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph, honorary doctor of the University of Munich, Knight of the Order of Vasa, Cothenius Medal, Cullum Geographical Medal, Order of the Dannebrog
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