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The history of the world's navigation activities was dominated by the European up to the point that been planted in people’s mind that there were no other races in the world excel or know about it. The names of Christoper Columbus, Vasco Da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan had been more prominent than the names of Arab-Islamic sailors such as Ibn Majid. Among the European nations, Ibn Majid remained known to their knowledge. In facts, he was regarded as the 15th-century ‘Father of Sailings' by the European. The objective of this study was to analyze the navigation technology aspect that been used by Ibn Majid in his voyages. This includes the elements of astronomy, engineering and geography. This research focuses on whether these elements had been invented or adapt through existing technology adopted by him. This researched had used qualitative approach which used qualitative content analysis.Data collections of this study were based on documents and library research. Meanwhile, inductive approach had been used in his research. This study finds that the knowledge, technology and navigation technology owned and controlled by Ibn Majid's were in par or comparable to the expertise, knowledge and technology of the European navigation in term of creation or amendment of the equipment.