The Pyrenees are significant to Jane Eyre because of their symbolism when they are referenced in the text. Brontë writes "I rave: perhaps at this moment he is watching the sun rise over the Pyrenees, or on the tideless sea of the South" (Brontë 377). In this moment, Jane is heading towards Thornfield to reunite with Rochester. She is not yet aware of his accident and theorizes that he has gone abroad. This quote explains how Jane is scared that Rochester may have forgotten her and gone on to live a life of adventure without her.

The Mediterranean Sea is a large body of water in our world, but also the idea of escape to Rochester, accompanied by his a

The Cape, also referred to as The Cape of Good Hope, is significant to Jane Eyre because of St. John's proposal and invitation to join him on his religious missionary trip. This information comes from OpenBook Publishers, a peer-reviewed, open-access website for authors to publish and produce academic works free for public consumption. The Cape illustrates colonial and imperial geography as it highlights the resupply port that St. John will stop at on his passage to India.

Madagascar is significant to Jane Eyre in relation to St. John's missionary work. St. John's missionary work, for Jane, is an appealing adventure of servitude, exploration, and religious zeal, yet the prospect of such a journey is conditioned by Jane's willingness to marry St. John.

Funchal, Madeira (pictured below from 1879) is significant to Jane Eyre because it is the origin of the inheritance that Jane receives in Chapter XXXIII. This is problematic due to the colonialism and the "slave tainted economy" that has been running the island during that time (Valint 322). The money Jane inherits was earned through the slave-trade and profits from selling individuals. This information comes from a JSTOR, a well-established domain for academic journals, titled Madeira and Jane Eyre's Colonial Inheritance by Alexandra Valint.

Northumberland is significant to Jane Eyre because it is where the character Helen Burns, Jane’s childhood friend at Lowood, is from. She describes it as being on the border of Scotland, and reminisces briefly to Jane about a bubbling brook near her house. In my research, I gathered information from https://historywithbeth.substack.com/p/northumberland-a-history-lovers-paradise .