Did You Know?

The first known mention of a compass in the Arab world is by a Yemeni sultan and astronomer in 1282 named Al-Ashraf. It's no surprise that the history of the compass is deeply embedded in the annals of Yemeni progress, as Al-Ashraf is also believed to have been the first person to use a compass for astronomical reasons. This prototype for the modern compass was constructed using just a magnetic needle in a bowl of water.

These inventions by the brilliant minds of Yemeni scientists would lead all the way through the course of history into integral instruments for navigating land and sea. Visit the site below to see how you can be guided back to a place where the compass took one of its first steps, to an ancient land on the adventure-filled Island of Socotra:

http://www.socotraislandadventure.com/

Socotra | Your Compass for a Different World

For centuries, the compass has been used as a guiding utility, a tool for the adventurer, a lantern for the dark path.

You've seen compasses for our modern world.















And you may or may not know that an ancient compass looks like this.

...But what if there was a compass for a different world...

To what directions would it point?

To what end would it navigate?

To what world would it guide YOU?

Find out here: