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  2. Nautical star - Wikipedia

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    The nautical star indicates geographic north in compass roses on nautical charts. Modern nautical charts use the star to indicate true north on the outer of the two compass circles of a compass rose, symbolizing the North Star. [1] [2] The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey started using this symbol in its double-circle compass roses ...

  3. Nautical chart - Wikipedia

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    A bearing is the angle between the line joining the two points of interest and the line from one of the points to the north, such as a ship's course or a compass reading to a landmark. On nautical charts, the top of the chart is always true north, rather than magnetic north, towards which a compass points.

  4. Portolan chart - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish introduced a novelty in nautical cartography, with geographical maps having common stylistic representation of certain accidents and locations. The masterpiece of the Majorcan portolan charts is the Catalan Atlas made by Abraham Cresques in 1375, and kept in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris .

  5. Compass rose - Wikipedia

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    An 8-point compass rose is a prominent feature in the logo of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball club. Hong Kong Correctional Services's crest uses a four-pointed compass rose. The compass rose is used as the symbol of the worldwide Anglican Communion of churches. [22] A 16-point compass rose was IBM's logo for the System/360 product line.

  6. File:Modern nautical compass rose.svg - Wikipedia

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    A modern nautical compass rose. The outer circle (true rose) is aligned with true north; the inner circle (magnetic rose) with magnetic north. Inside the magnetic rose there is also an older 32-point graduation. Date: 15 August 2007: Source: Redrawn in Inkscape; based on a public domain file created by NOAA. Author: Mysid

  7. Marine art - Wikipedia

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    Rembrandt's stolen masterpiece, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1633).. Marine art or maritime art is a form of figurative art (that is, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture) that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea.

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