Nautical Old World 18th Century Compass Rose. The compass was invented more than 2000 years ago. Marvelous detailed sea chart with rhumblines soundings compass rose and other details oriented with east at the top of the map.
A old compass and hourglass on a old world map nautical chart and divider. Jun 30 2020 explore robert de s board nautical on pinterest. Includes rhumblines topographical details soundings and a host of ot.
The oldest and most familiar type of compass is the magnetic compass which is used in different forms in aircraft ships and land vehicles and by surveyors sometime in the 12th century mariners in china and europe made the discovery apparently independently that a piece of lodestone a naturally occurring magnetic ore when floated on a stick in water tends to align itself so as to point.
Marvelous detailed sea chart with rhumblines soundings compass rose and other details oriented with east at the top of the map. Compass rose artwork 11 x 14 old maps treasure maps compass sailing navigation vintage nautical design nautical art print. 18th century sundial and compass not that long ago people actually lived by sundial time. A old compass and hourglass on a old world map nautical chart and divider.
