Pirate's Treasures
This black pirate flag, often decorated with a skull and crossbones, was used to intimidate enemy ships.
Jolly Roger
This shiny yellow metal has been one of the world's most sought-after treasures for thousands of years.
Gold
This Disney character hunts for treasure with his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
Scrooge McDuck
This clear gemstone is the hardest naturally occurring substance on Earth and is often used in engagement rings.
Diamond
This tool on a map shows the four main directions: north, south, east, and west.
Compass Rose
This pirate's real name was Edward Teach.
Blackbeard
According to pirate legends, treasure maps often mark the treasure's location with this letter.
An X
This famous movie adventurer carries a whip and searches for lost treasures like the Ark of the Covenant.
Indiana Jones
This deep red gemstone shares its name with a precious stone often associated with July birthdays.
Ruby
Maps use these imaginary lines that run east to west to measure how far north or south a location is.
Latitude
Pirates often buried stolen treasure on this type of landform, according to popular legends.
Island
This shipwreck, discovered in 1985 in the Atlantic Ocean, contained valuable artifacts and treasure from a vessel that sank in 1912.
The Titanic
This 15th-century explorer searched for a western route to Asia and instead stumbled upon the treasure that is the Americas.
Christopher Columbus
This verdant gemstone was said to be Cleopatra's favorite jewel.
Emerald
This part of a map explains what symbols, colors, and lines on the map represent.
Key/Legend
This pirate captain appeared in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films and is famous for saying, "Savvy?"
Captain Jack Sparrow
This legendary city, said to be filled with gold, was sought by explorers throughout South America.
El Dorado
This adventurous video game heroine is known for exploring ancient tombs in search of treasure in the "Tomb Raider" series.
Lara Croft
This gemstone is famously found in the British Crown Jewels and is often associated with royalty.
Sapphire
This type of map shows mountains, rivers, valleys, and other natural features of the land.
Topographic
Legends say this pirate hid a treasure on an island off the coast of Long Island New York, and treasure hunters still search for it today.
Captain Kidd
This ancient Egyptian king's tomb contained thousands of treasures and was discovered largely intact in 1922.
King Tutankhamun (King Tut)
This explorer led expeditions to find the legendary Fountain of Youth in Florida.
Juan Ponce de León
This 45.52-carat deep blue gemstone, housed in the Smithsonian, is one of the world's most famous jewels.
The Hope Diamond
The science and art of making maps is known by this term.
Cartography