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    Guild Apprentice Elzevir's Avatar
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    Never heard about a 6-points compass... I believe there are only multiples of 4-points (4, 8, 16, 32...).
    As far as i know, the other directions were given names from winds around the Mediterranean Sea : (clockwise, from north) Tramontane, Grec, Levant, Sirocco, Marin, Libeccio, Ponant, Mistral. Hence the name : a compass rose is also called a windrose...

    Edit : the wikipedia entry is far more accurate than i am : Compass Rose
    Last edited by Elzevir; 12-27-2011 at 08:05 PM.

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