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The magnetic compass is the most well-known of all instruments used in finding direction. It is the oldest navigational instrument and has been aiding sailors to cross the seas for many centuries. Mariners can use magnetic compasses to fix a ship's position on a chart by using it to take bearings of...
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The magnetic compass is the most well-known of all instruments used in finding direction. It is the oldest navigational instrument and has been aiding sailors to cross the seas for many centuries. Mariners can use magnetic compasses to fix a ship's position on a chart by using it to take bearings of visible .A compass needle will always point to Magnetic North--provided there are no magnetic disruptions in the area--which allows navigators to plot what are known as azimuths and bearings. Compass bearings plot the degree angle between Magnetic North and the orientation of the compass.

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