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compass cards A mariner's compass card showing a full circle of cardinal and intercardinal directions, with degree markings and labeled points radiating outward, used for navigation with a magnetic compass.
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(Left) Eighteenth-century compass card divided into points and having ornamentation...
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mariner's compass card
Mariner's compass card.
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