Chinese first use compass for navigation in the Song Dynasty

Category
Invention
Place
China
Date
1050
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"... the magnetic compass was first invented as a device for divination as early as the Chinese Han Dynasty (since c. 206 BC), and later adopted for navigation by the Song Dynasty Chinese during the 11th century. The first usage of a compass recorded in Western Europe and the Islamic world occurred around 1190." [Wikipedia]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner
Begin
End
Category
Song with Liao (Qidan) on N. Border
960
1125
Chinese
Inventions
-3800
2020
Transcultural