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Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History magazine.

Why did early Islamic cartographers place south at the top of their maps? Who invented the magnetic

compass? And why has the West become an intensely political term as well as a geographical one?

Here in conversation with Spencer Mizzin, Jerry Broughton answers the most intriguing questions

on the history of the four cardinal points, north, east, south and west.

So Jerry, thank you very much for joining us today.

Your new book explores the history of the four points of the compass.

When does this story start?

It's a good question because the more I did the research on it, the further back you go.

And you could

almost say that it starts when you first have an understanding when humanity first sees the

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