{"product_id":"9788785180612-viking-navigation","title":"Viking Navigation","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow was the Norse Navigator able to shape his course across the North Atlantic long before the invention of the magnetic compass? This book tells the story of the Viking Sun Compass and how it allowed the Vikings to sail across the Atlantic. In 1948, the Danish archaeologist C.L.\u003cbr\u003eHow was the Norse Navigator able to shape his course across the  North Atlantic long before the invention of the magnetic compass?  This book tells the story of the Viking Sun Compass and how it  allowed the Vikings to sail across the Atlantic.  In 1948, the Danish archaeologist C.L. Vebæk found the remains of  a small wooden disc at the Viking Age site of Uunartoq in  Greenland. Since then the Master mariners Carl V. Sver and Sen  Thirslund have interpreted this find as a navigational  instrument. This book is the essence of more than forty years of  archaeological studies, discussions and practical sea-going  experiments. The author gives a full account of the history of  the find and demonstrates convincingly how Viking Age Navigators  could make use of this and other simple devices in order to find  their way across the vastness of the Northern Atlantic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450884862326,"sku":"9788785180612","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27503605.jpg?v=1760454134","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9788785180612-viking-navigation","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}