Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer (died 1952)

Sven Hedin

Swedish geographer, explorer, photographer, and illustrator (1865–1952)

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…