Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass
Book description
During his remarkable lifetime, Harold Gatty became one of the world's great navigators (in 1931, he and Wiley Post flew around the world in a record-breaking eight days) and, to the benefit of posterity, recorded in this book much of his accumulated knowledge about pathfinding both on land and at…
- Coming soon!
Why read it?
1 author picked Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Gatty was a remarkable, pioneering aviator from Tasmania and the first person to bring the art of natural navigation to a wide audience. During the Second World War, he taught navigation to US military airmen, and wrote a guide to survival at sea that was standard issue and probably saved quite a few lives: The Raft Book. Finding Your Way (which first came out in the 1950s under the title Nature Is Your Guide), builds on that earlier work and is a mine of fascinating information and anecdotes on which I drew extensively in writing Incredible Journeys.
Gatty…
From David's list on the sea and navigation.
Want books like Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass?
Our community of 10,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass.
Browse books like Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass
5 book lists we think you will like!
Interested in wilderness survival, presidential biography, and World War 1?
10,000+ authors have recommended their favorite books and what they love about them. Browse their picks for the best books about wilderness survival, presidential biography, and World War 1.