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Handcrafted Nautical Decor - Solid Brass Brunton Pocket Transit Compass w/ Rosewood Box 4"

Solid Brass Brunton Pocket Transit Compass w/ Rosewood Box 4"

Nautical Decor Overall Dims: 4" L x 4" W x 1" H

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Solid Brass Brunton Pocket Transit Compass w/ Rosewood Box 4"

The Hampton Nautical Solid Brass Brunton Compass easily folds to fit in your pocket. The Brass Brunton nautical compass is 4-inches in diameter. This solid brass compass is small but heavy for its size. It is a functional compass and has a lid with a mirror inside. On the back of the solid brass Brunton compass is a Natural Sine index.

This solid brass compass comes with a solid rosewood box with the Hampton Nautical anchor with rope logo embedded into the top. The box is a smooth and polished finish wood with a blue felt on the inside to protect the compass. 


 Key Features:

  • Polished brass housing for compass

  • Dual bubble level design in transit

  • Solid rosewood box lined with felt to store compass

  • Hinged lid closes to protect compass

  • Custom engraving/photo etching available; logos, pictures, and slogans can easily be put on any item. Typical custom order minimum is 100+ pieces. Minimum lead time to produce and engrave is 4+ weeks.
WARNING WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Formaldehyde, and Styrene, which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, and Chromium and Toluene, which are known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov

Additional Information

While it is unknown how the mariners compass came to be in Europe, it is thought that it may have travelled from China, via Arabic traders, to the civilizations of the west. Lending credibility to this theory there are two descriptions of the transition of the nautical compass from East to West. The first, in The Book of the Merchants’ Treasure, written by Baylak al-Kibjaki in 1282, Cairo, describes a hand compass that had been seen 40 years prior aboard a sailing vessel. The second indicates that a Venetian by the name of Marcus Paulus travelled to China and returned to Europe with the mariners compass in 1260. However, there is elsewhere mention of a compass-like device used to navigate the English Channel in 1187, a description of a compass by Petrus Peregrinus de Marincourt from 1269, and the crediting of Flavio Gioia with inventing it in 1302. Whichever may be the case, by the beginning of the 13th century there is indisputable evidence that the mariners compass was known throughout the European world.