The compass is one of the most used navigational tools to date, and quite likely the most important, but did you know it was around 2400 years old?

Compasses are instruments for finding the direction. They point to the north and accordingly the rest of the points of direction can be discerned. Compasses are used for navigational purposes in ships and planes. They are also used on the land during hiking and for general orientation. For this there are small portable compasses available.