From Pole to Pole

From Pole to Pole, by Sven
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FROM POLE TO POLE
A Book for Young People
by
SVEN HEDIN

[Illustration: DR. SVEN HEDIN IN TIBETAN DRESS. Frontispiece.]
The MacMillan Co. of Canada, Ltd. Toronto
MacMillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, London 1914
Copyright First Edition 1912 Reprinted 1914

PUBLISHERS' NOTE
This translation of Dr. Sven Hedin's Från Pol till Pol has, with the
author's permission, been abridged and edited for the use of
English-speaking young people.

CONTENTS

PART I

I. ACROSS EUROPE-- PAGE
STOCKHOLM TO BERLIN 1 BERLIN 4 BERLIN TO
CONSTANTINOPLE 8 CONSTANTINOPLE 13 THE CHURCH OF
THE DIVINE WISDOM 15 THE BAZAARS OF STAMBUL 20
II. CONSTANTINOPLE TO TEHERAN (1905)--
THE BLACK SEA 26 TREBIZOND TO TEHERAN 29
III. THROUGH THE CAUCASUS, PERSIA, AND MESOPOTAMIA
(1885-6)--
ST. PETERSBURG TO BAKU 34 ACROSS PERSIA 37 ARABIA 40
BAGHDAD TO TEHERAN 42
IV. THE PERSIAN DESERT (1906)--
ACROSS THE KEVIR 46 THE OASIS OF TEBBES 51
V. ON THE KIRGHIZ STEPPE (1893-5)--
INTO ASIA FROM ORENBURG 55 SAMARCAND AND
BUKHARA 59 THE PAMIR 62 "THE FATHER OF
ICE-MOUNTAINS" 66 A KIRGHIZ GYMKHANA 69
VI. FROM PERSIA TO INDIA (1906)--
TEBBES TO SEISTAN 72 A BALUCHI RAID 75 SCORPIONS 80
THE INDUS 82 KASHMIR AND LADAK 87
VII. EASTERN TURKESTAN (1895)--
THE TAKLA-MAKAN DESERT 89 ACROSS A SEA OF SAND 90
THE END OF THE CARAVAN 93 WATER AT LAST 97
VIII. THE DESERT WATERWAY (1899)--
DOWN THE YARKAND RIVER 102 THE TARIM 105 THE

WANDERING LAKE 107 WILD CAMELS 109
IX. IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND (1901-2, 1906-8)--
THE PLATEAU OF TIBET 111 ATTEMPT TO REACH LHASA 115
THE TASHI LAMA 124 WILD ASSES AND YAKS 126
X. INDIA--
FROM TIBET TO SIMLA 130 DELHI AND AGRA 131 BENARES
AND BRAHMINISM 134 THE LIGHT OF ASIA 137 BOMBAY 141
THE USEFUL PLANTS OF INDIA 142 WILD ELEPHANTS 145
THE COBRA 148
XI. FROM INDIA TO CHINA (1908)--
THE INDIAN OCEAN 152 THE SUNDA ISLANDS 153 PENANG
AND SINGAPORE 156 UP THE CHINA SEA 157
XII. CHINA--
TO SHANGHAI 161 "THE MIDDLE KINGDOM" 164 THE BLUE
RIVER 169 IN NORTHERN CHINA 172 MONGOLIA 176 MARCO
POLO 179
XIII. JAPAN (1908)--
NAGASAKI AND KOBE 185 FUJIYAMA AND TOKIO 190 NIKKO,
NARA, AND KIOTO 193
XIV. BACK TO EUROPE--
KOREA 197 MANCHURIA 199 THE TRANS-SIBERIAN
RAILWAY 202 THE VOLGA AND MOSCOW 207 ST.
PETERSBURG AND HOME 210

PART II
I. STOCKHOLM TO EGYPT--
TO LONDON AND PARIS 215 NAPOLEON'S TOMB 218 PARIS
TO ROME 222 THE ETERNAL CITY 225 POMPEII 229
II. AFRICA--
GENERAL GORDON 236 THE CONQUEST OF THE SUDAN 247
OSTRICHES 250 BABOONS 252 THE HIPPOPOTAMUS 253
MAN-EATING LIONS 256 DAVID LIVINGSTONE 261 HOW
STANLEY FOUND LIVINGSTONE 275 THE DEATH OF
LIVINGSTONE 282 STANLEY'S GREAT JOURNEY 287
TIMBUKTU AND THE SAHARA 297
III. NORTH AMERICA--
THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD 306 NEW YORK 317
CHICAGO AND THE GREAT LAKES 326 THROUGH THE
GREAT WEST 333
IV. SOUTH AMERICA--
THE INCA EMPIRE 341 THE AMAZONS RIVER 351
V. IN THE SOUTH SEAS--
ALBATROSSES AND WHALES 358 ROBINSON CRUSOE'S
ISLAND 362 ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN 365 ACROSS
AUSTRALIA 372
VI. THE NORTH POLAR REGIONS--
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE 377
THE VOYAGE OF THE "VEGA" 386 NANSEN 392
VII. THE SOUTH POLAR REGIONS 404

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PLATE
Dr. Sven Hedin in Tibetan Dress Frontispiece
I. Berlin 6
II. Constantinople 13
III. Oil-Well at Balakhani 36
IV. A Persian Caravanserai 43
V. The Author's Riding Camel, with Gulam Hussein 46
VI. Tebbes 51
VII. A Baluchi Nomad Tent 76
VIII. Srinagar and the Jhelum River 87
IX. Digging for Water in the Takla-makan 94
X. The Author's Boat on the Yarkand River 102
XI. Tashi-lunpo 125
XII. Simla 131
XIII. The Taj Mahal 134
XIV. Benares 136
XV. Tame Elephants and their Drivers 147
XVI. On the Canton River 159

XVII. The Great Wall of China 165
XVIII. Gate in the Walls of Peking 176
XIX. A Japanese Ricksha 189
XX. Fujiyama 190
XXI.