How the compass unlocked the world

Name: How the compass unlocked the world
Uploaded: 2020-02-17T20:20:50Z
Duration: 3 min 6 s
Description: "Everything that we think of as world history would not have taken place without the compass." TED science curator David Biello explains how the device changed our relationship to the world.

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• January 2020

"Everything that we think of as world history would not have taken place without the compass." TED science curator David Biello explains how the device changed our relationship to the world.