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Compass - southern hemisphere/northern hemisphere
From: Lisa Fiene
Date: 2004 Oct 21, 08:30 +1000
From: Lisa Fiene
Date: 2004 Oct 21, 08:30 +1000
Our hand bearing compass is one designed for the southern hemisphere, as we're in Australia. I remember being taught that it's important to have a southern hemisphere compass in the southern latitudes and a northern hemisphere compass in the northern latitudes. What's the principle involved here, and how did the early navigators (eg going from Europe to rounding Cape Horn etc.) compensate? Thanks, Lisa