Sven Anders Hedin (1865-1952) was a Swedish explorer and geographer whose investigations in Tibet and western China make him one of the most eminent explorers of Asia. Sven Hedin was born on Feb. 19, 1865, in Stockholm to professional, middle-class...

1865-1952 Swedish Explorer Swedish explorer Sven Hedin enjoyed a life of adventure that many would have envied. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, at a time when to some it seemed that all the frontiers of terrestrial exploration had...

Sven Hedin Born February 19, 1865, Stockholm, Sweden Died November 26, 1952 Sven Anders Hedin was born into a prominent family in Stockholm, Sweden. While in high school he became interested in geography and mapmaking. After showing an exceptional...

At the beginning of the nineteenth century approximately four-fifths of the land area in the world was still virtually unknown to the Western world. In particular, there was very little knowledge about central and eastern Asia. Between 1893-1933...

Sven Anders Hedin (February 19, 1865 - November 26, 1952) was a Swedish explorer, geographer and geopolitician. His achievements include the production of the first detailed maps of vast parts of Pamir, the Taklamakan Desert, Tibet, the ancient Silk...

Swedish explorer, writer, and geographer Sven Hedin (1865-1952) made four expeditions into Central Asia between 1893 and 1935. The region was to have a profound effect on him. On his first trip, he wrote that "the whole of Asia was open before me....

Byline: Trudi Hahn; Staff Writer Private services were held last week for Lydia Elizabeth Hedin, a Red Wing, Minn., philanthropist and the first woman elected to its City Council. She died Oct. 12 of complications after a fall. She was 92. ...