Sven Hedin

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 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, 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.

19 February 1865

Born on the same birth day (19 February): Adreian Payne • Carl von Rokitansky • David Garrick • Doug Aldrich • Helen Fielding • Howard Stringer • Karen Silkwood • Linus Klasen • Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri • Paul Haarhuis • Saul Chaplin • Steve Nieve • Terry Carr

Born in the same month (February 1865): Abe Isoo • Andranik • Erich von Drygalski • John Haden Badley • Mrs Patrick Campbell