Title: Big horse's flight
Description: "Sven Hedin tells the story of a remarkable expedition he made to the remote Chinese province of Xinjiang. Commissioned by the Chinese to map a road through one of the most inhospitable regions in the world, Hedin set out on a journey that saw him become entangled in a bloody war for independence that was raging in the province." -- BOOK COVER.
Subjects: Travel, Description and travel, History, Sinkiang uighur autonomous region (china), China, history, China, description and travel, Insurgency
Places: Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China), China, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
People: Sven Anders Hedin (1865-1952), Chung-ying Ma (b. 1911), Chung-ying Ma (1909-)