Project Gutenberg 2013-08-18 Public domain in the USA. 220 Hedin, Sven Anders 1865 1952 Gedin, Sven Khedin, Sven Anders Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet. Vol. 1 (of 2) Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Marius Masi, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet. Vol. 1 (of 2)" by Sven Hedin is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores Hedin's ambitious journey through Tibet, detailing his discoveries and the various challenges he faced while attempting to explore this largely uncharted region. It combines personal narrative with comprehensive observations of the geography, culture, and people Hedin encounters along the way. The opening of the narrative sets the stage for Hedin’s expedition, outlining his longing to return to Tibet after a previous journey and detailing the preparation and difficulty of gaining permission from British authorities. He reflects on his desire for exploration and the obstacles posed by political circumstances, particularly the reluctance of the British government to allow him access to Tibetan territory. At the start of his journey, Hedin meticulously plans his route and the logistics of his caravan, introducing key individuals who will accompany him on this venture into the unknown, while expressing a profound yearning for adventure and discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Description and travel Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952 -- Travel -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region DS Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 1095219 1095483 2024-10-18T09:32:06.132167 2023-09-19T05:25:25.978653 text/html text/html 1097342 2013-09-17T13:38:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 10495391 2013-09-17T13:38:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 10836665 2024-10-18T09:32:29.222071 application/epub+zip 10854884 2024-10-18T09:32:13.350103 application/epub+zip 493924 2024-10-18T09:32:10.352103 application/epub+zip 11317993 2024-10-18T09:32:39.601016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 11262462 2024-10-18T09:32:26.330034 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 771701 2022-09-19T19:53:06.753148 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 971952 971729 2024-10-18T09:32:03.343156 2023-09-19T05:25:23.713636 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 971331 2013-09-17T13:37:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 375170 2013-09-17T13:38:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 971678 2013-09-17T13:37:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 375036 2013-09-17T13:38:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21916 2024-10-18T09:32:39.771976 application/rdf+xml 26258 2024-10-18T09:32:11.018103 image/jpeg 4632 2024-10-18T09:32:10.703111 image/jpeg 10608051 2024-10-18T09:32:06.644178 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fi.wikipedia