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THE COMPASS SHOWING EVERY POINT AND DEGREE. The Italians have always contended that Flavio Gioja, of Amalfa, Italy, invented the Compass in the year of 1362 A. D. The Chinese also claim to have invented the Compass in the year 2634 B. C, but the earliest date that they appear to have used it at sea was about the year 300 A. D. The Venetian Marco Polo is supposed to have introduced it into Europe in about 1260 A. D. His work was furthered by another Italian, Flavio Gioja, a Neapolitan navigator, to whom belongs the credit of the suspension of the needle in 1302 A. D. Legend also has it that the Swedes were familiar with the Compass in the time cf King Jarl Birger, 1250 A. D. Copyrighted by M. E. Green. 1951 8