Compass WWII Compass CO014 Authentic Models. The compass opened the world to exploration and discovery. Invented in China thousands of years ago, it was used primarily by feng-shui priests, hired to advise on how and where to build. Today, the compass remains a basic tool, a magnetized needle that rotates on a vertical pin, pointing to the Earth's magnetic North. Sixteenth-century sailors, accustomed to following coastlines, could suddenly cross oceans. Now sailors devised a compass course, while still using their ancestral knowledge of the rule of the fixed stars, ocean currents and prevailing winds to establish position.
Compass WWII Compass CO014 Authentic Models. The compass opened the world to exploration and discovery. Invented in China thousands of years ago, it was used primarily by feng-shui priests, hired to advise on how and where to build. Today, the compass remains a basic tool, a magnetized needle that rotates on a vertical pin, pointing to the Earth's magnetic North. Sixteenth-century sailors, accustomed to following coastlines, could suddenly cross oceans. Now sailors devised a compass course, while still using their ancestral knowledge of the rule of the fixed stars, ocean currents and prevailing winds to establish position.
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