compass rose
Example Sentences
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One extraordinary map from 1834 shown in the book compares the lengths of the world’s rivers in lines that branch outward from a central compass rose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
The Seattle-based cartography company turns 50 this year, providing proof as clear as the compass rose that the hard-copy map is not going the way of the phone book.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
Printed on delicate yellow paper that was almost translucent, “The Americana Treasure Map” was decorated with drawings of galleons, pirates and a compass rose embellished with a skull and crossbones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
Wisely, Anshaw keeps the national politics mostly offstage, alluding to them just enough to lend a sense of proportion — not so much counterpoint as compass rose — to the fictional events she maps.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2019
Mews had a circular central hub with eight wings radiating in each direction so it looked like a compass rose.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
