User blog comment:TheWarrior29/10 Strange things in the Visual Guide/@comment-1984959-20140414035318/@comment-996391-20140414153701

Although, it should be noted that the Compass is completely absent during the events of Legends of the Brethren Court, giving some credibility to the claims that Jack recieved the compass seven years before the battle of Isla de Muerta. The Compass of Destiny comic book also supports this theory. In fact, before the release of The Price of Freedom (if we forget the audio commentary from The Curse of the Black Pearl DVD), all evidences supported the "seven-years-before" theory.