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Saxton's map of Hampshire has no compass rose. The
orientation of the map is given by labelled borders:-
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| SEPTENTRIO
| Latin Septentriones, referring
to the seven stars that make up the constellation of The
Bear, or Plough, that is a pointer for the Pole Star in
the North.
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| ORIENS
| Latin Oriens, from the verb
orior, to rise, reminding us where the sun rises.
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| MERIDIES
| Latin Meridiens, referring to
where the sun is in the middle of the day [in the northern
hemisphere north of the tropics].
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| OCCIDENS
| Latin Occidens, from the
verb occido, to fall or set, reminding us where the sun sets.
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| Notes
about compass roses etc.
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