Through Asia. 2 vols. (Complete).

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New York: Harper & Co. 1899. Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. T.e.g. other edges uncut. With illusts. from sketches and photographs by the author and 2 large folding maps. 1st American ed. Uncut. Hinges cracked and light foxing on end-papers otherwise fine. NOTE: During four expeditions to Central Asia he discovered the Transhimalaya (once named the Hedin Range in his honour) and the sources of the Brahmaputra Indus and Sutlej Rivers Lake Lop Mur and the remains of cities grave sites and the Great Wall of China in the deserts of the Tarim Basin. Hedin's expedition notes laid the foundations for a precise mapping of Central Asia.