hi! There's room for more info on this, but you can get started in the FAQ section Why is north shown as "up" on maps?:

• Why have cartographers always pictured north as up and south as down? - /u/khosikulu and /u/smileyman take a crack at the question here

• Why do maps universally have north as up? - /u/khosikulu answers a few follow-up questions, and the now-mysterious [deleted] and /u/crossynz discuss other examples

These posts are old and archived, so if you have follow-up questions for any of the users, just ask them here & include their username to notify them