Daniel was given this compass by his grandfather. It was bought at a boatshow and he thinks it was used by the Royal Navy in the days of Empire.

In 1508, Nicolaus Copernicus developed a celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system that transformed the way we view the universe. This bold theory, contrary to the geocentric ...

It was here that they discovered a 500-year-old compass just like the one Copernicus is often depicted holding. “This astounding find takes us back to the era when Copernicus made his ...

Earliest records show a spoon shaped compass made of lodestone or magnetite ore, referred to as a "South-pointer" dating back to sometime during the Han Dynasty (2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE).