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The meticulous research enriches this fascinating tale' Sunday Telegraph
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an amateur radio enthusiast who was working as a maintenance engineer for the BBC
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The four points of the compass Highlands & Islands The meticulous research enriches this'The Four Points of the Compass' takes the reader on a journey of directional discovery. Jerry Brotton reveals why Hebrew culture privileges east; why the Renaissance Europeans began drawing north at the top of their maps; why the imperial Chinese revered the south; why the Aztecs used five colour coded cardinal directions; and why no societies, primitive or modern, have ever orientated themselves westwards, the direction of darkness. He ends by
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