Brouwer, H.A. Practical Hints to Scientific Travellers. Brouwer, H.A. Practical Hints to Scientific Travellers. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague 1926. Vol. 4 ofa 6 vol set, complete in itself. This 2nd edition is revised & updated, 1st publ. in 1922. 8vo, 122pp, maps & ills throughout, orig. cloth, vg+. Includes Griffith Taylor reporting on scientific travel in Antarctic, pages 113-142. Based on his experiences with Scott, so mentions Vladivostock ponies as well as man-drawn sleds and dog sleds (He still doesn't conclude that dogs were the way most effective - apparently most of Scott's dogs were Siberian and the 2 Eskimo dogs did much better). Gives specific food, fuel, clothing & transport requirements for exploration in and around Antarctica. Makes an interesting comment on photographic equipment, noting that the rubber focal-plance shutters could freeze stiff, and that glass plates were easily scratched and broken. Taylor also contributed to a 20pp article on Australian exploration & botanical collecting with Herbert Basedow (on how to approach aborigines), R. Lockhart Jack & others. The other sections include travel in Egypt, Venezuela & Haiti. Price: USD 185.00 other currencies   order no. 6359    inquire

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