Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction by Jerry Brotton games With charming illustrations and easy-to-follow

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Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction by Jerry Brotton games With charming illustrations and easy-to-followNorth, south, east and west: almost all societies use the four cardinal directions to orientate themselves, to understand who they are by projecting where they are. In Four Points of the Compass, Jerry Brotton takes the reader on a journey of directional discovery. He reveals why Hebrew culture privileges east; why Renaissance Europeans began drawing north at the top of their maps; why early Islam revered the south; why the Aztecs used five colour