Sven Hedin

Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952).

Born February 19th, 1865 in Klara Church Parish. [ref]

Died November 26th, 1952 at 87 years old in Kungsholms parish. [ref]

Occupations
explorer, geographer, geologist, geopolitician, illustrator, naturalist, non-fiction writer, photographer, political scientist, politician, scientific explorer, writer
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You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman