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Survival strategies can be extreme
not just for water voles but for all the world's wildlife
since it was far too risky to reveal her real name)
Dimensions: 164 x 243 x 30mm
The Four Points of the Compass transport Survival strategies can be extreme'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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