Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Military Sketching and Reconnaissance
OF all branches of military science Military Sketching and Reconnaissance is perhaps the most practical. A man must set to work in the field as soon as possible, but, of course, he must study the theory of the subject before he can practise it.
Definitions - A map is the representation on a plane of the surface of the earth, or of a portion Of it. It is the actual drawing (indoors) compiled from the work of surveyors in the field.
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