Note: It has not been established whether these photos of Rousseau's map are official & genuine.
- Rousseau kept several maps and other notes about the island that she'd made over her 16 year stay on the island
- Sayid steals the notes
- Hurley notes the numbers written several times on the notes and sets out to find Rousseau because of it
- Contains the song La Mer, as noted by Shannon when she was trying to help Sayid translate the maps and notes
Rousseau's maps
Rousseau's maps
Speculation based on the pictures
A translated version
Contrast enhanced version
- At the middle of the map, on top of the island (see right) there are the words "Le Cratere", which is french for "The Crater", there is speculation that this is the name of one of the remaining hatches
- If Rousseau's map is to be believed the island is some 240 kilometers (roughly 160 miles) long.
- Her boat appears to have crashed on the southern side of the Island according to her map ("épave")
- The western area of the Island is labelled as the "wild coast" (la côte sauvage) on Rousseau's map. It appears to be exposed to west winds (vents d'ouest)
- The east coast is also exposed to winds : "roc sous les alizés". "alizés" is the french for "Trade winds".
- There is a coral reef on the west of the island (Récifs coraliens)
- Between the crater and the west coast is the "exposed slope" (versant exposé)
- Between the coral reef and the ship wreck is the "blued blue lagoon" (lagon bleu azuré)
- There are moving sands in the sea (sables mouvants).
- On the east of the moving sands is the "Crabs' bay" (la baie des crabes).
- The east of the island is exposed to mosquitos : "Côté des moustiques".
- The larger text could correlate to novels considering "The Mosquito Coast" is one by Paul Theroux about a utopian society in Central America and "The Crater" is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper about maritine travels.