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Taoism and Chinese Religion

The Riddle of the Compass

The Invention that Changed the World

by Amir D. Aczel

A popular history of the magnetic compass from its Chinese beginnings to its use by Mediterranean sailors. Aczel discusses Chinese geomantic compasses and the routes by which the invention may have reached Europe.

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