Finding your way in the outdoors : compass navigation, map reading, route finding, weather forecasting / by Robert L. Mooers, Jr. ; drawings by George J. Killion, Jr.
TITLE:
Finding your way in the outdoors : compass navigation, map reading, route finding, weather forecasting / by Robert L. Mooers, Jr. ; drawings by George J. Killion, Jr.
Publication Date:
1972
Publication Information:
New York : Outdoor Life Books ; Harrisburg, Pa. : Distributed by Stackpole Books,
Physical Description:
275 p. : ill.
Subject Term:
Bibliography Note:
Bibliography: p. 264-265.
Summary:
The author, an expert mountaineer and professional cartographer, explains how anyone can use a compass and map to find his ways in the wilds. Starting with basic principles, Mooers describes the origin and development of the compass, tghe role of the earth's magnetism in its functioning, and the difference between True and Magnetic North.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780943822419
General Note:
Includes index.
