Archive for July, 2012

 
  • Explore Hedin’s Expeditions in Google Earth

    Explore Hedin’s Expeditions in Google Earth

    Sven Anders Hedin KNO1kl RVO[1] (19 February 1865 – 26 November 1952) was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, and travel writer, as well as an illustrator of his own […]

     
     
  • Lost Cities of the Taklamakan Desert

    Lost Cities of the Taklamakan Desert

    He remained in Kashgar until April, 1895 and then left on April 10 with three local escorts from the village of Merket in order to cross the Taklamakan Desert via […]