Hedin's expedition notes laid the foundations for a precise mapping of Central Asia. Hedin never married and had no children, rendering his family line now extinct. As a member of two scientific academies, he had a voice in the selection of Nobel Prize winners for both science and literature. In 1902, he became the last Swede (to date) to be raised to the untitled nobility and was considered one of Sweden's most important personalities. Upon his return to Stockholm in 1909 he was received as triumphantly as Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. After obtaining a doctorate, learning several languages and dialects, and undertaking two trips through Persia, he ignored the advice of Ferdinand von Richthofen to continue his geographic studies to acquaint himself with geographical research methodology the result was that Hedin had to leave the evaluation of his expedition results later to other scientists.īetween 18, in three daring expeditions through the mountains and deserts of Central Asia, he mapped and researched parts of Chinese Turkestan (officially Xinjiang) and Tibet which had been unexplored by Europeans until then. His studies under the German geographer and China expert, Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen, awakened a love of Germany in Hedin and strengthened his resolve to undertake expeditions to Central Asia to explore the last uncharted areas of Asia.
From that moment on, young Sven aspired to become an explorer. 4.4 Efforts on behalf of Norwegian activistsĪt 15 years of age, Hedin witnessed the triumphal return of the Arctic explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld after his first navigation of the Northern Sea Route.4.3 Efforts on behalf of deported Norwegians.
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