Matthew Flinders and Ship Magnetism
- 1 April 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Navigation
- Vol. 29 (2) , 123-134
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300030113
Abstract
It appears that the earliest recorded reference to the effect of the magnetism of a ship or her fittings on the magnetic compass was made by the Portuguese explorer João de Castro in his Roteiro de Lisboa a Goa of 1538. João noticed that the compass he used to observe for variation was affected by iron objects on board placed near to the compass.Keywords
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