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IN editing this ninth edition of the well-known “Hints,” Mr. Reeves has taken a point of view somewhat different from that of his predecessor, Mr. John Coles, in the earlier editions. He says:—“As the days of the pioneer explorer of the old type are fast drawing to a close … more exact surveys are required than were formerly considered sufficiently accurate for the traveller in unexplored regions.” Hence, in the first and larger volume, which is, as before, wholly devoted to surveying and mapping, some of the approximate methods, and the tables connected with them, have been omitted, and a higher standard of accuracy is aimed at throughout. While it seems possible that the effect may be to discourage some travellers who could still do quite useful surveying work from attempting anything at all, and in others to transform a journey in an unexplored region into a surveying expedition pure and simple, it remains unquestionable that Mr. Reeves has produced a condensed treatise on surveying of a high order of excellence.
Hints to Travellers, Scientific and General.
Edited for the Council of the Royal Geographical Society by E. A. Reeves. Ninth edition, revised and enlarged. Two vols. Vol. i., pp. xi + 470; vol. ii., pp. v + 286. (London: Royal Geographical Society, 1906.) Price 15s. net.
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Hints to Travellers, Scientific and General . Nature 75, 77 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/075077a0
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