Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Abraham Ortelius' 1570 world map, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Abraham Ortelius' 1570 world map, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum edit

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Original – In 1570 (May 20) Gilles Coppens de Diest at Antwerp published 53 maps created by Abraham Ortelius under the title Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, considered the "first modern atlas". Three Latin editions of this (besides a Dutch, a French and a German edition) appeared before the end of 1572; twenty-five editions came out before Ortelius' death in 1598; and several others were published subsequently, for the atlas continued to be in demand till about 1612. This is the world map from this atlas.

Reason: A high resolution scan of the famous world map from the first true modern atlas, created by Abraham Ortelius and published May 20, 1570 in Antwerp
Articles in which this image appears: Abraham Ortelius, Age of Discovery, Commercial Revolution, Early world maps, History of cartography, Prime meridian, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, World map
FP category for this image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Diagrams,_drawings,_and_maps/Maps
Creator: Abraham Ortelius

Support as nominator --Indefatigable2 (talk) 16:56, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm uncomfortable with the cropping out of the borders. A 1570 map will not have razor-straight edges in its original form. Weak oppose, though I'd support a less extreme crop readily. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:07, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:58, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]