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Four Points of the Compass The Unexpected History of Direction

Hardcover • 2024 • English

Four Points of the Compass The Unexpected History of Direction

By Jerry Brotton

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About the book

"The New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 12 Maps, this is the revelatory history of the four cardinal directions that have oriented and defined our place on the globe for millennia. North, south, east, and west: almost all societies use these four cardinal directions to orientate themselves and to understand who they are by projecting where they are. For millennia, these four directions have been foundational to our travel, navigation, and exploration, and are central ...Show more

Human geography
Political geography
Tourism geography

Book details

ISBN

9780241556870

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published year

2024

Language

English

Original title

Four Points of the Compass The Unexpected History of Direction

Format

Hardcover

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