Order History
Premium Membership & Rewards
Help Center / FAQ
Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction
Paperback
$17.00
3|
Premium Members save an extra 10% and all Members collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5.
Select a store to view item availability.
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
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 c...
You May Also Like
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
Politics of Place
Paperback
$21.00
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Revised and Updated)
Turning Points in Ancient History
Paperback
$19.95
Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst
Bill O'Reilly's Confronting Series
Hardcover
$22.40
$32.00
