Exploring - A Scout's Guide - Including Tips on Map Reading and Map Making

Exploring - A Scout's Guide - Including Tips on Map Reading and Map Making Synopsis

This is a fantastic vintage guide to exploring, with chapters on required equipment, preparation, navigation, history and notable explorers, and much more. "e;Exploring"e; is highly recommended those with an interest in the subject, and it is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: "e;The Scouts as Explorers"e;, "e;The Explorer's Training"e;, "e;Use of the Compass"e;, "e;Map-reading"e;, "e;Map-making"e;, "e;Reporting"e;, "e;The Explorer in Action"e;, "e;Equipment"e;, "e;The Country-side"e;, "e;Highways and Waterways"e;, "e;Man and His Work"e;, "e;Things of the Past"e;, "e;Epilogue"e;, "e;Index-I. Subjects"e;, "e;II. Persons and Places"e;, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction. This book was first published in 1930.

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