Minecraft wiki entry for Map, associated text: A map displayed on an item frame, as it looked before Java Edition 1.7.2.
Multiple maps in item frames. Notice a village, two desert temples and a lava lake.
A collection of 9 connected full maps.
A combination of 25 maps pasted together as one map.
Maps can be placed into item frames so they can be viewed together.
The comparison between 3 zooms of maps.
A map in a Superflat world, with some villages.