Sven Hedin and Huang Wenbi

Sven Hedin and Huang Wenbi
The Sino-Swedish Expeditions and their legacy
Håkan Wahlquist
Huang Wenbi (1893-­‐1966) Inner Mongolia 1927 Ludvig Hedin (1826-­‐1917) Carl von Linné (1707-­‐1778) in Lappland Anders Sparrman (1748-­‐1820) Poltava 1709 Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832-­‐1901) Sven Hedin (1865-­‐1952) c:a 1885 Sven Hedin Tashkent 1893 Dressed for the winter-­‐campaign Nikolai Feodorovich Petrovsky (1837-­‐1908) Russian Governor General Tashkent 1893 Petrovsky and a Chinese Official Kashgar c:a 1894 Lord Georg Curzon of Kedleston (1859-­‐1925) Sven Hedin and Lord Kitchener (1850-­‐1916) [Then Commander in Chief of the Army in India]
Shimla 1906 Sven Hedin on his way to the Viceroy of India Lord Minto (1845-­‐1914) Shimla 1908 Sven Hedin, Lord and Lady Minto Shimla 1908 Przhevalsky’s grave at Issuk Kul Kara Dong Drawing by Sven Hedin 1896 Sven Hedin Lop desert 1901 Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874-­‐1960) in the Antarbca 1903 Sven Hedin Beijing 1927 Signing the agreement Beijing 1927 Gösta Montell (1899-­‐1975) Folke Bergman (1899-­‐1975) Edsin Gol 1929 Huang Wenbi (1893-­‐1966) The Explorabon…….. The Car-­‐expedibon 1934 The three co-­‐leaders Inner Mongolia 1927 Ferdinand von Richthofen (1835-­‐1905) Berlin 1890 Sven Hedin, Madame and Marshal Chiang Kai-­‐shek 1934 Georg Macartney (1867-­‐1945 Sven Hedin’s caravan East of Kashgar 1895 Irving Yew, Parker C. Chen & C.C. Kung 1934