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The Art of Rough Travel: From the Peculiar to the Practical, Advice from a 19th Century Explorer
Francis Galton
Francis Galton's Victorian guide to expedition logistics — how to pack a mule, purify water, navigate by stars, and treat snakebite. Reprinted from the 1872 original. Equal parts practical and absurd.
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Publisher
Mountaineer Books
Published
2006
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