A full list of symbols is printed in the map key. To work out which direction to go use the four-points of a compass. These are north, south, east and west. North is always at the top of the map.

Jerry Brotton hails from northern England, and in “Four Points of the Compass,” he ... of the World in 12 Maps” (2012), notes that most cultures have placed north at the top of their maps ...