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by Anonymous on January 9th, 2008
Most scholars credit at present the invention of the compass to China. The first mention of the magnetic attraction of a needle is to be found in a Chinese work composed between 20 and 100 AD. The earliest recorded actual use of a magnetized needle for navigational purposes is in AD 1117.
The true mariner's compass used a pivoting needle in a dry box, and was invented in Europe no later than 1300
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