The earliest surviving maps include cave paintings and etchings on tusk and stone, followed by extensive maps produced by ancient Babylon, Greece and Rome, China, and India.

6th century BC

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25 Ways to Repurpose Old Maps

1. Party Favor Map Bottle Tags.
2. Hang a Map as Art. Image: Urban Outfitters.
3. Print Over an Old Map.
4. Map Envelopes. Image: Etsy.
5. Map Origami Garland. Image: Etsy.
6. Map Bottle Cap Art. Image: Swift Maps.
7. Map Pinwheels. Image: Bow Ties & Bliss.
8. Vintage Map Ornament.

Steps to Use a Map

1. Hold the Empty Map. It is very easy to create your own map.
2. Fill the Map. To fill in the map details of your current location, you wil need to use the empty map.
3. See where you are on the Map. You will have to move your line of sight downwards so that you can view the map directly.

In Minecraft, you can easily duplicate a map using the cartography table.

To upgrade the size of you map, you need to upgrade your map from Level 0 to Level 1. To do this, add the Level 0 map and 8 more paper to the 3×3 crafting grid. The newly crafted map will now be upgraded to a Level 1 map which is larger than the previous.

While the world is virtually infinite, the number of blocks a player may physically reach is limited with where the limits are depending on the edition of the game and the world type being played.

Earth’s surface area (including the oceans) is just over 500 million square kms (closer to 510 million actually). So, Minecraft is more than 7 times larger than Earth. The minecraft map is about 400 million square kilometers larger than the earth.

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Every stronghold contains 1 end portal. On Bedrock and Java editions, there are up to 128 strongholds per world. They are scattered around a ring. To answer your question, there are up to 128 end portals per world.

In Minecraft the stronghold is always under the bell, and the only way to get to the end in survival.