The Compass Rose "West" Traditional Cache
Hidden : 12/19/2008
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Compass Rose West

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Maps and compasses can be used together by orienting the map. To do this the compass rose came to be included on the map. It is merely a diagram pointing to the various divisions of the cardinal directions. In early navigation rather than calling them north northwest, or south southwest, or whatever they named the directions for the winds already known to sailors (i.e. levant, sirocco, greco, etc.). It is very posible that the compass rose actually predates the compass, and that the maps were originally oriented by known prevailing winds. The compass rose appears to have gotten its name due to the elaborate decorative style of early cartographers making it look much like a flower in the corner of the map. Compass roses range from simple criss-crossing arrows, to beautiful multicolor works of art.

By the time Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic with two caravels and a carrack, navigators were old hands at using the compass to orient themselves. Early compasses were a lodestone (natural earth magnet) attached to a disc floating in liquid or balanced on a central pin. But it was discovered that iron left a long time in contact with a magnet would act as a magnet itself. Thus magnetized needles replaced discs, and eventually led to the pocket compass.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

GNYS

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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