Part I. The first period of Sino-Swedish Expedition (February 1927 - May 1928) . Under the financial support from Deutsche Lufthansa, main aim was to find the air-line between Berilin and Peking-Shanghai. The menbers were German air-experts, Swedish and Chinese scientists. Aside from technical tasks, scientific work was also carried out, especially in geology, archaeology, meteorology, topography, zoology, botany and physical anthropology. Describes the history and circumstances of the expedition form its origin. From Peking to Urumchi via Pao-t'ou (Baotou, 包頭）, Edsen-gol (Etsin-gol, Juyan, 居延) and Hami (哈密). [Read more..]
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IIIF Manifest