Pay in 4 interest-free payments of $5.00 Learn more
Ships within 48 hours · Estimated delivery Jul 30 - Aug 4
ribbon markers
Many would die in the attempt
to understand what landscape meant to those that came before us
Forty years on
in Ask Not
The four points of the compass Highlands & Islands ribbon markers'The Four Points of the Compass' takes the reader on a journey of directional discovery. Jerry Brotton reveals why Hebrew culture privileges east; why the Renaissance Europeans began drawing north at the top of their maps; why the imperial Chinese revered the south; why the Aztecs used five colour coded cardinal directions; and why no societies, primitive or modern, have ever orientated themselves westwards, the direction of darkness. He ends by
US$ 65.00
US$ 135.00
US$ 61.00
US$ 15.95
US$ 15.95
US$ 50.00
US$ 60.00
US$ 61.00
US$ 21.95
