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Points of the Compass

Document Type: Photo/Image
Geographic Location:
ID Number: Compass_Rose
Keywords: Navigation


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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 degree apart which is the result of dividing 360 degrees by 8 which is what happens when a circle is quarter 4 times.


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