Question

who used the Mariners compass to locate directions
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Answer 1

Answer:

Marine compass is the dome-shaped bulb compassused by many boaters with a dial that rotates on a pivot (a land compass is usually circular and flat like a pocket watch, and sometimes attached to a flat base. It usually has a north/south needle that rotates freely)

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Answer 2

The mariner's compass was first used in China

Explanation:

• The compass was invented over 2000 years ago. The Ancient Chinese compass was made of lodestone.
• The first compasses were not designed for the purpose of navigation.The magnetic compass at first was invented as a device for divination (fortune-telling  and geomancy )as early as the Chinese Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty.
• Around the 4th century B.C, primitive compasses displayed to  people figuratively, thereby assisting them order and harmonise their lives and environments.
• Later, the compass was used by the military, in Song Dynasty,  for  maritime navigation and navigational orienteering