This suggests that the spread of Viking-inspired solar compass technology in the region is a possibility. The medieval discs assessed in the study may have been among such tools introduced by the ...

The Vikings had no compass but undoubtedly steered by the ... The impression that a Viking fleet must have made under full sail can scarcely be imagined today, but a rhapsodizing monk at the ...

The Vikings used a form of compass to navigate ... As well as settling in Britain, they established Viking colonies in France, and used rivers to travel deep into Russia. Not only did the Vikings ...