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The riddle of the compass : the invention that changed the world

A narrative chronicle of the invention of the compass that discusses its development in both China and Europe
Print Book, English, 2002, ©2001
1st Harvest ed View all formats and editions
Harcourt, Orlando, 2002, ©2001
History
Adult
xvii, 178 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
9780156007535, 0156007533
1038179977
Odyssey
Signs in the sea and sky
Dante
Etruscan chandelier
Amalfi
Ghost of flavio gioia
Iron fish, lodestone turtle
Venice
Marco Polo
Charting the Mediterranean
Nautical revolution
Conclusion