The Lost Art of Finding Our Way
Author | : John Edward Huth |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 539 |
Release | : 2013-05-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674074811 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674074815 |
Rating | : 4/5 (815 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Lost Art of Finding Our Way by : John Edward Huth
Download or read book The Lost Art of Finding Our Way written by John Edward Huth and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before GPS and Google Earth, humans traveled vast distances using environmental clues and simple instruments. What else is lost when technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way? Illustrated with 200 drawings, this narrative—part treatise, part travelogue, and part navigational history—brings our own world into sharper view.