Compass Rose Geocoin 2009 2009 Compass Rose Geocoin - AS/PG

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Origin:
Antwerpen, Belgium
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2009 Compass Rose in Antique Silver & Polished Gold

The 2009 Compass Rose Geocoin design comes from a mid 1600s Portuguese map of Brazil. It is made with translucent colors and multiple metal angles in the background. The names of each wind direction encircle the compass rose representing the cardinal and ordinal directions.

The backside image is an armillary sphere. Armillary spheres were developed a few hundred years before the birth of Christ, modified several times as new discoveries were made, and used until the late 1700s. Earlier models have Earth placed at the center of the universe, and then later models reflect the sun in the center of the universe. They were used for navigation, but were not as effective as other methods. In addition, they also helped astronomers to understand the heavens. They were great at measuring distances in the heavens and tracking movements of planets, comets, and other objects. But notably related to our special navigation coin series, they were used extensively for training navigators. The armillary sphere design on this coin is from the same era of the compass rose used on the front side.

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Discovered It 9/29/2013 JT3Halls discovered it   Visit Log

Catching up on some recent discoveries from the numerous events we've been to this past summer - Midwest Geo-Bash, GeoWoodstock, Hatfield & McCoys Geotrail, Geocaching Hampton Roads Picnic, Groundspeak HQ Block Party, NCGO Fall Fling, and several other smaller ones along the way. Thank you for having your trackable available for discovery and for sharing with us.
Discovered It 9/22/2013 docstade discovered it   Visit Log

klasse, was es bei Events so alles zu sehen und entdecken gibt... danke dafür!
Discovered It 9/22/2013 docstade discovered it   Visit Log

es ist schon klasse, was einem bei einem Event so unterkommt, was gezeigt wird und was es zu entdecken gibt - danke dafür!
Discovered It 9/7/2013 Teâm4K discovered it   Visit Log

Zufällig entdeckt, danke für´s Discovern.
Discovered It 9/5/2013 ROSENSCHOLZ discovered it   Visit Log

Irgendwann irgendwo gesehen, beim Aufräumen der Handy-Fotos und Notizen wieder entdeckt!! ;)
In einem geordneten Haushalt geht ja nix verloren!
Vielen Dank für's Zeigen!!
Discovered It 9/1/2013 Tanja+Marco discovered it   Visit Log

Today we had the time to finally discover a lot of TBs and Geocoins of the many events and mega events on our notepads, cell phone and camera.
Many thanks to all the owners for their coins and TBs.
Discovered It 8/31/2013 Wall--E discovered it   Visit Log

Finally got around to my list of trackable's which are long over due. Discovered it and thank you for sharing.

Discovered It 8/24/2013 whitewolfy discovered it   Visit Log

Danke, dass cih dieses wunderschöne Teil discovern darf. Liebe Grüße an den Owner!

TFTC!
Discovered It 8/7/2013 Chaotin88 discovered it   Visit Log

Den habe ich heute entdeckt.
Vielen Dank fürs Zeigen!
Discovered It 7/22/2013 kan3 discovered it   Visit Log

Heute mal wieder das Telefon aufgeräumt und diesen kleinen zu Gesicht bekommen.

Danke sagt Kan3👍
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