Turn your body (not just the compass) so the magnetic needle is contained within the orienting arrow. Voil! You’re now facing ...

A compass contains a tiny piece of magnetized material that is attracted to its opposite pole on Earth, which is is located about 1000 miles south of the geographic north pole, due west from ...

The compass of international relations is in constant motion, its needle swinging between North and South, East and West in ...

Trying to understand how a map relates to what’s on the ground can be tricky. It requires the brain to do a lot of stuff that ...

East Greenwich’s population in 1708 was 240 people, but by 1730 it had reached 1,223. The town contributed to Newport’s coastal trade industry by providing lumber and crops.

Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction by Jerry Brotton Allen Lane £20, 208 pages Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café and subscribe to our podcast ...

North, south, east and west are near-universal ... and in “Four Points of the Compass,” he notes that the caricatures associated with southern cultures such as Italy’s are reversed in ...