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Finding Your Way without a Map (Paperback)

by Harold Gatty (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications Inc. (28 Mar 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 048640613X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486406138
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.5 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Shows how to determine locations in the wilderness, in a desert, in snow-covered areas, and on the ocean, applying methods used by aboriginal peoples and early explorers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book, even if you hardly ever go out!, 22 Jan 2002
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This book is a classic text which need never change over the course of decades, if not centuries. It was actually written in 1957 but is not "dated" in any way. In fact it is unlikely that a more modern author would have had such a comprehensive range of experience. The author was an experienced pathfinder and has written up his experiences of navigation in this excellent book. In this modern age where GPS positioning is the norm, one tends to think of the subject of navigation as being beyond the ordinary skills of the lay person. Gatty shows how these skills can be learned and explains how some simple rules of thumb about moss on trees etc can be misleading on their own. He shows how one develops a sense of direction not from one sign, but from a consensus of signs, giving a high confidence.

One eye opening aspect of the subject is the tale of the Polynesians and their magnificent navigational achievements. Captain Cook "discovered" islands in the pacific that were in fact never lost. Not only that, Cook's ship was smaller than the local catamarans! The history books are all written from the western perspective, treating the natives as "primitives". This whole concept of "primitives" is shown to be wrong and one gains a much better sense of the true history. This gives one a broader outlook on life in general and the wrongs that were perpetrated on less technologically advanced races.

With artificial lighting and digital time keeping we can become very detached from the natural world. This inexpensive book helps redress this imbalance and shows us how to rapidly find our bearings in a strange location.

Leslie Green CEng MIEE

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5.0 out of 5 stars Appendix to Leslie Green's Review, 29 Oct 2007
By J. Noon (Surrey, UK) - See all my reviews
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I entirely support the remarks made below by Leslie Green giving a 5 star rating. If you are looking for Harold Gatty's classic 'Nature is Your Guide', do not make my mistake and buy a secondhand copy of it, plus one of this out of interest: This is a Dover Reprint of 'Nature is Your Guide'.
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4.0 out of 5 stars finding your way without a compass, 24 Jul 2009
By Keith Miller "cutter" (Northampton,U.K) - See all my reviews
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the information in this book will be useful to any navigator weather they be a pilot salor walker. I have advised many outward bound youngsters not to rely soly on electronic gadgets such as GPS, or electronic compass. this is because electronics develop faults and batteries go flat at the most impracticable times. for the same reason it is good advice not to rely on a compass as your only way of finding your direction. this book makes you aware of many natural aspects of the environment that can help you become aware of the direction your are travelling by just glancing at your surroundings. I have used the methods in this book to successfully navigate all day hikes in unfamilier areas.
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