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Chinese magnetic compass

The earliest Chinese magnetic compasses were probably not designed for navigation, but rather to order and harmonize their environments and buildings in accordance with the geomantic principles of feng shui.

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Creator

  • United Archives / WHA

Subject

  • Chinese
  • magnetic
  • geomancy
  • feng-shui
  • navigation
  • compass
  • PagodeEU
  • Navigation

Type of item

  • Photography
  • artifacts (object genre)
  • artifacts (object genre)
  • Archaeological artifact

Creator

  • United Archives / WHA

Subject

  • Chinese
  • magnetic
  • geomancy
  • feng-shui
  • navigation
  • compass
  • PagodeEU
  • Navigation

Type of item

  • Photography
  • artifacts (object genre)
  • artifacts (object genre)
  • Archaeological artifact

Providing institution

  • United Archives

Aggregator

  • PHOTOCONSORTIUM

Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)

  • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Rights

  • World History Archive

Identifier

  • 02405799
  • http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/photography/ProvidedCHO/United Archives / WHA/02405799

Is part of

  • PAGODE - Europeana China

Providing country

  • Germany

Collection name

  • 2024909_EuropeanaPhotography_UA_1005

First time published on Europeana

  • 2024-09-25T08:33:01.728Z

Last time updated from providing institution

  • 2024-09-25T08:33:01.728Z
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