Finding your way in an unknown world - the cross staff
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Credit: WA Museum
The cross-staff was invented in about the 1200s for astronomy.
It was adapted for use at sea in the 1500s, probably after Portuguese navigators saw the kamal being used in the Indian Ocean region.
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Finding your way in unknown waters- the kamal