I decided to take a closer look at the history of the compass, the official one and then the one that emerges when we take a closer look at the history of lodestone within seafahring communities of the late neolithic or early copper/bronze age. <br /><br />From cycladic so-called 'frying-pans' to ancient compasses. What is a lodestone and what is the fish compass. From Chinese Antiquity to the Olmec in meso-america.<br />Part 1 in a miniseries on lodestones and compasses. For this one we stick to the orthodox history, in a nutshell.<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MciPbqvNeos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MciPbqvNeos</a>