The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the directions of <span>north, east, south, and west. N,E,S,W. So the Compass Rose would be your answer.</span>
A Compass Rose is a symbol in the shape of a circle that has marked around the directions in which the circumference of the horizon is divided, and that would be south, east, north and west. His invention is attributed to the Mallorcan Ramon Llull, although the detailed description given by Pliny the Elder in book II could have been his basic reference.
In the navigation charts it is represented by thirty two diamonds (deformed) joined by one end while the other points the course on the circle of the horizon. Above all is the fleur-de-lis with which the North is usually represented. That symbol is documented from the fifteenth century.
