The Ultimate Guide to Navigating without a Compass: How to Find Your Way Using the Sun, Stars, and Other Natural Methods

The Ultimate Guide to Navigating without a Compass: How to Find Your Way Using the Sun, Stars, and Other Natural Methods

by Christopher Nyerges
The Ultimate Guide to Navigating without a Compass: How to Find Your Way Using the Sun, Stars, and Other Natural Methods

The Ultimate Guide to Navigating without a Compass: How to Find Your Way Using the Sun, Stars, and Other Natural Methods

by Christopher Nyerges

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Overview

Learn how to navigate without a compass, even when it seems impossible!

Whether we are walking or driving, whether in the woods, on the water, or in the city, it’s vital that we know where we are and are able to find our way around. But with society’s current dependence on modern tools and technology, many persons would have no idea how to navigate without a compass or GPS. In an emergency situation, that lack of knowledge could easily prove fatal.

In The Ultimate Guide to Navigating without a Compass, survival expert Christopher Nyerges provides readers with all the skills that they may need to navigate naturally. The book begins by describing the meaning of natural navigation, and then moves on to describe, in detail, the methods of natural navigation, including using the sun, the stars, the moon, and shadows. Additional topics include:
  • How to read a map
  • How to make a sun dial
  • How to make a star dial
  • How to use clouds to predict weather patterns
  • How to track celestial changes
  • How to gauge time through natural observation
  • And much more!


With helpful diagrams, illustrations, and sidebars, The Ultimate Guide to Navigating without a Compass is the fundamental reference book for learning how to navigate by natural methods.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781510749924
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 04/14/2020
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 168
Sales rank: 868,731
File size: 80 MB
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About the Author

Christopher Nyerges has been teaching ethno-botany and survival skills since 1974. He has worked with numerous organizations over the years and co-founded the School of Self-Reliance. He has authored numerous books on survival and self-reliance. He resides in Southern California. He can be contacted at www.SchoolOfSelfReliance.com.
 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi

Introduction vii

Chapter 1 Natural Observations 1

Chapter 2 The Sun 23

Chapter 3 The Night Sky: The Stars and the Moon 43

Chapter 4 The Map 59

Chapter 5 The Compass 75

Chapter 6 Using the Map and Compass Together 105

Chapter 7 How to Avoid Getting Lost 119

Test Your Knowledge 133

Appendix: How to Make a Simple Star Dial for Telling Time 143

References 151

Index 153

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