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From 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<\/p>\n

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 to the imaginative, moral, and political geography of virtually every culture in the world. Yet they are far more subjective\u2014and sometimes contradictory\u2014than we might realize.<\/p>\n

Four Points of the Compass leads us on a journey of directional discovery. Societies have understood and defined directions in very different ways based on their locations in time and space. Historian Jerry Brotton 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 color-coded cardinal directions; and why no societies, primitive or modern, have ever orientated themselves westwards. In doing so, politically-loaded but widely used terms such as the \u201cMiddle East,\u201d the \u201cGlobal South,\u201d the \u201cWest Indies,\u201d the \u201cOrient,\u201d and even the \u201cwestern world\u201d take on new meanings. Who decided on these terms and what do they mean for geopolitics? How have directions like \u201ceast\u201d and \u201cwest\u201d taken on the status of cultural identities\u2014or more accurately stereotypes?<\/p>\n

Yet today, because of GPS capability, cardinal points are less relevant. Online, we place ourselves at the center of the map as little blue dots moving across geospatial apps; we have become the most important compass point, though in the process we\u2019ve disconnected ourselves from the natural world. Imagining what future changes technology may impose, Jerry Brotton skillfully reminds us how crucial the four cardinal directions have been to everyone who has ever walked our planet. For anyone interested in history, geography, or surprising new ways to think about the world at large, Four Points of the Compass will be a stimulating experience.<\/p>\n


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Publisher \u200f : \u200e Atlantic Monthly Press (November 12, 2024)
Language \u200f : \u200e English
Hardcover \u200f : \u200e 224 pages
ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e 0802163688
ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e 978-0802163684
Item Weight \u200f : \u200e 15.2 ounces
Dimensions \u200f : \u200e 5.5 x 0.88 x 8.25 inches <\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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