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 advantage of posterity, recorded in this book much of his gathered understanding of pathfinding both on get with sea.

Applying methods used by primitive peoples and early explorers, the author shows how to determine location, study blowing wind directions and reflections in the sky, even how exactly to use the senses of smell on the subject of Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass and hearing to stay on course in the wilderness, inside a desert, in snow-covered areas, and in the sea. By observing parrots and other animals, weather conditions patterns, vegetation, moving sands, patterns of snow areas, and the positions of the sun, moon, and superstars, would-be explorers can figure out how to estimation distances and discover their way and never have to depend on a map or a compass.

The wealth of valuable data and advice with this volume-much of it unavailable elsewhere-makes it indispensable for hikers, bikers, scouts, sailors, and outdoorsmen-all those that will dsicover themselves stranded or misplaced in an unfamiliar area. Through careful study of the book and its lessons, pathfinders can figure out how to interpret indications in the natural world to discover their way in almost any kind of landscape.