![Hold onto your compass: true north and magnetic north cross at Greenwich for first time in 360 years - British Geological Survey Hold onto your compass: true north and magnetic north cross at Greenwich for first time in 360 years - British Geological Survey](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/5.png)
Hold onto your compass: true north and magnetic north cross at Greenwich for first time in 360 years - British Geological Survey
Why was the earliest magnetic compass used for geomancy in ancient China invented? What prompted them to create a compass for divination? - Quora
![The amazing Chinese were the first to invent The Compass... | Compass drawing, Ancient chinese, Compass The amazing Chinese were the first to invent The Compass... | Compass drawing, Ancient chinese, Compass](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/20/a3/7c/20a37c3ef0a607d128b5702b4730cf65.jpg)
The amazing Chinese were the first to invent The Compass... | Compass drawing, Ancient chinese, Compass
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