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WHICH WAY IS NORTH? AND WHY ANYWAY? PART 2

YESTERDAY IN PART 1, WE BEGAN SHARING James Vincent’s London Review of Books assessment of Jerry Brotton’s Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction. Here in Part … Continue reading

May 1, 2025 · 2 Comments

WHICH WAY IS NORTH? AND WHY ANYWAY? PART 1 

JAMES VINCENT REVIEWS JERRY BROTTON’S FOUR POINTS OF THE COMPASS in the London Review of Books, April 15, 2025. Early on, he struck a responsive chord with me: “Every compass … Continue reading

April 30, 2025 · Leave a comment