# How the compass unlocked the world

- Institution: TED
- Department: Small Thing Big Idea
- Speaker: David Biello
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/david_biello_how_the_compass_unlocked_the_world)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

"Everything that we think of as world history would not have taken place without the compass." TED science curator David Biello explains how the device changed our relationship to the world.

## Lectures

1. [How the compass unlocked the world](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/david_biello_how_the_compass_unlocked_the_world/6eee62d9fd05), 4 min (TED's player)