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The Invention that Changed the World
Harvest Books
May 2002
On Sale: May 2, 2002
208 pages
ISBN: 0156007533
EAN: 9780156007535
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Non-Fiction Biography
The story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth,
yet most will agree it begins around the time of the birth
of Christ in ancient China. A mysterious lodestone whose
powers affected metal was known to the Chinese emperor. When
this piece of metal was suspended in water, it always
pointed north. This unexplainable occurrence led to the
stone's use in feng shui, the Chinese art of finding the
right location. However, it was the Italians, more than a
thousand years later, who discovered the ultimate destiny of
the lodestone and unleashed its formidable powers. In Amalfi
sometime in the twelfth century, the compass was born,
crowning the Italians as the new rulers of the seas and
heralding the onset of the modern world. Retracing the roots
of the compass and sharing the fascinating story of
navigation through the ages, The Riddle of the
Compass is Aczel at his most entertaining and insightful.
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