treasure maps
X marks spot
Treasure maps are drawings showing the location of buried or hidden valuables, typically featuring landmarks, compass directions, and an X marking the spot.
Real examples exist from pirate lore and gold rushes, but the concept lives mostly in adventure fiction and children's games.
Figuratively, any guide to finding something valuable: This book is a treasure map to the city's best restaurants.
- piratesMaritime thieves and raiders
- pirate shipSeafaring raiders' vessel
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- sunken chestTreasure box underwater
- cluesHints toward answers
follow the clues · coordinates · X marks the spot · Blackbeard · maps · scroll · legend · parchment · riddle · decoder · long lost · voyages · cryptic · dotted lines · hidden gems · hidden cave · desert island · navigation
- Caribbean piratespirates, buccaneers, Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, privateers
- fictional mapsfantasy maps, imaginary worlds, fictional worlds, Neverland, Atlantis
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
- Map odditiesBermuda Triangle, phantom islands, terra incognita, here be dragons, exclaves
- mapsroad map, world map, atlases, street map, regional map
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
treasure mapsGPS coordinates
Satellite-derived position numbers
satellite navigation · digital mapping · Google Maps · real-time tracking · street addresses