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The 5 pages that link to Chinese compass, each with the reason it gives.

• Compass roseBroader topic: Chinese magnetic direction-finding predates the compass rose’s widespread European chart use.

• Ancient technologyBroader topic: It shows how knowledge of magnetism became a tool for orientation.

• History of geomagnetismBroader topic: Chinese records document some of the earliest practical uses of magnetic direction finding.