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Points of the Compass
Document Type: Photo/Image
Geographic Location:
Date: 1550s
Creator: Unknown
ID Number: Compass_Rose
Keywords: Navigation, Compass Rose
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Description:
Sixteenth-century rendition of a compass rose, with 32 points.
North
North by East
North North East
Northeast by North
Northeast
Northeast by East
East North East
East by North
East
is the system which repeats in each quarter. The points are 11 1/4 degrees apart which is the result of dividing 360 degrees by 8 which is what happens when a circle is quartered 4 times.
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