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Cantino Planisphere
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Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 World Map
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A History of the Magnetic Compass
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Secondary Source This navigational instrument led to advances in trade, military might, and science By JOHN VARDALAS 8 November 2013 Visit Source Download PDF Inhospitable as it can be, the sea h…
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The Mariners Compass
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Early Maritime Navigation – Compass Lesson Warm-Up The Mariner’s Compass excerpted from La Bible de Guyot de Provings – 1205 From the Compass Museum, http://compassmuseum.com, misce…
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Mariner’s Compass – 1500s
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Mariner’s Compass – 1750
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Mariner’s Compass – 1760
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Dourado, Fernando Vaz, 16th Century – 1576 Atlas
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Map from Mahmud al-Kashgari’s Diwan (11th century)
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Psalter World Map, c.1265
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Ebstorfer World Map, c.1235
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1154 World Map by Moroccan Cartographer al-Idrisi for King Roger of Sicily
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Europe and Northern Africa Portolan Atlas 1547
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Early Maritime Navigation – Compass Lesson & Europe Classroom Activity Europe and northern Africa. HM 29. PORTOLAN ATLAS, anonymous (Dieppe, 1547) Europe and northern Africa. HM 29. PORTOLAN AT…
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Zhenghe-sailing-chart
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Early Maritime Navigation – Classroom Activity Asia Folder Part of the Wubei Zhi chart of Zheng He showing the west coast of India along the top, Ceylon top right and Africa along the bottom. The s…
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