The Compass. The Invention Of Russia. Catherine the Great and the question of Europe. How Catherine the Great extended Russian influence south and west ...

The Compass. The Invention Of Russia. Catherine the Great and the question of Europe. How Catherine the Great extended Russian influence south and west. 26 mins; The Compass.

A WRITER in the North China Herald of Shanghai devotes a learned article to detailing and discussing the facts regarding the claim of the Chinese to have invented the mariner's compass. They did ...

In the first century AD, for example, the Emperor Wang Mang possessed a primitive lodestone compass to ensure he could sit facing south, the imperial direction. It’s unclear at what point the Chinese ...

Compass, Custer's New. SKIP ADVERTISEMENT. Skip to content Skip to site index ... Invention of a New Compass Which is NOt Affected by Local Attraction. Share full article. Jan. 11, 1869.

Recto: A scholar appears seated at a desk in a richly furnished study, using a compass. A low bowl stands in the right foreground, supported by four lion's feet. Over these, four human heads rise, ...

While the seemingly stable pre-Sept. 11 status quo had postmodern academics pondering the "death of history," a number of popular authors sought to re-examine humanity's past and present in the ...