£250.00
Richly descriptive travels from a pioneer of military aviation (not Scouting)
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| Title | Baden-Powell’s In Savage Isles And Settled Lands |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | BADEN-POWELL, Baden Fletcher Smyth |
| Publisher | Richard Bentley & Son |
| Place of publication | London |
| Date of publication | 1892 |
| Edition | first edition |
| Binding | publisher's cloth |
Baden-Powell, Baden Fletcher Smyth: In Savage Isles And Settled Lands: Malaysia, Australasia, And Polynesia 1888-1891 […] London: Richard Bentley and Son […] 1892
8vo. First edition. pp. x, 438 + folding map, 9 plates and numerous text illustrations; original pictorial cloth. The travels in this book arose from Baden-Powell’s appointment as Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Queensland. He later became of a pioneer of military aviation and introduced flying-based activities to his brother Robert’s Scouting movement.
