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[[File:Amalfi2.jpg|thumb|250px|Statute of Flavio Gioia in Amalfi by [[Alfonso Balzico]], 1900]] |
[[File:Amalfi2.jpg|thumb|250px|Statute of Flavio Gioia in Amalfi by [[Alfonso Balzico]], 1900]] |
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'''Flavio Gioia''' or '''Gioja''' ({{IPA-it|ˈflaːvjo ˈdʒɔːja}}; {{c.}} 1300 – ?) is reputed to have been an [[Italians|Italian]] mariner and inventor, supposedly a [[pilot (harbour)|marine pilot]], and has traditionally been credited with perfecting the sailor's [[compass]] by suspending its needle over a [[fleur-de-lis]] design, and enclosing it in a little box with a glass cover. He was also said to have introduced such design, which pointed North, in deference to [[Charles of Anjou]], the [[France|French]] king of [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]].<ref name="sacred-texts">{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/etc/mco/ml04.htm|website=sacred-texts.com|title=Manners, Customs, and Observances: Their Origin and Significance: Naval and Military|accessdate=2020-04-15}}</ref> |
'''Flavio Gioia''' or '''Gioja''' ({{IPA-it|ˈflaːvjo ˈdʒɔːja}}; {{c.}} 1300 – ?) is reputed to have been an [[Italians|Italian]] mariner and inventor, supposedly a [[pilot (harbour)|marine pilot]], and has traditionally been credited with perfecting the sailor's [[compass]] by suspending its needle over a [[fleur-de-lis]] design, and enclosing it in a little box with a glass cover. He was also said to have introduced such design, which pointed North, in deference to [[Charles of Anjou]], the [[France|French]] king of [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]].<ref name="sacred-texts">{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/etc/mco/ml04.htm|website=sacred-texts.com|title=Manners, Customs, and Observances: Their Origin and Significance: Naval and Military|accessdate=2020-04-15}}</ref><ref>Winter, Henrich. "Who invented the compass?." ''The Mariner's Mirror'' 23, no. 1 (1937): 95-102.</ref> |
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Although Flavio Gioia did not invent the compass, he was part of a group of people who thought about the compass invention, and therefore he was in charge of polishing the fascinating device.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} |
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Flavio Gioia's birthplace is alternately given as [[Amalfi]], [[Positano]], [[Naples]], or [[Gioia del Colle|Gioia]], a town in [[Apulia]], hence the derivation of the reputed surname. |
Flavio Gioia's birthplace is alternately given as [[Amalfi]], [[Positano]], [[Naples]], or [[Gioia del Colle|Gioia]], a town in [[Apulia]], hence the derivation of the reputed surname. |
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The [[lunar crater]] [[Gioja (crater)|Gioja]] is named after him. |
The [[lunar crater]] [[Gioja (crater)|Gioja]] is named after him.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gioja crater|url=https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2006/06/Gioja_crater|access-date=2020-08-27|website=www.esa.int|language=en}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 01:43, 27 August 2020
Flavio Gioia or Gioja (Italian pronunciation: [ˈflaːvjo ˈdʒɔːja]; c. 1300 – ?) is reputed to have been an Italian mariner and inventor, supposedly a marine pilot, and has traditionally been credited with perfecting the sailor's compass by suspending its needle over a fleur-de-lis design, and enclosing it in a little box with a glass cover. He was also said to have introduced such design, which pointed North, in deference to Charles of Anjou, the French king of Naples.[1][2]
Flavio Gioia's birthplace is alternately given as Amalfi, Positano, Naples, or Gioia, a town in Apulia, hence the derivation of the reputed surname.
The lunar crater Gioja is named after him.[3]
References
- Si trattò soltanto di un errore dovuto ad una virgola (It was just a mistake caused by a comma) (found at sapere.it, stored at archive.org)
- ^ "Manners, Customs, and Observances: Their Origin and Significance: Naval and Military". sacred-texts.com. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ^ Winter, Henrich. "Who invented the compass?." The Mariner's Mirror 23, no. 1 (1937): 95-102.
- ^ "Gioja crater". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
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