Jerry Brotton hails from northern England, and in “Four Points of the Compass,” he notes that the caricatures associated with southern cultures such as Italy’s are reversed in his native ...

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So, even if you’re standing in the Southern Hemisphere, your compass needle will always point north. Where Would the Compass Needle Point in Outer Space? The answer to that question depends on ...