Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Voting period ends on 20 Nov 2024 at 11:24:35 (UTC)

Original – Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is considered the "first modern atlas". This is the world map from said atlas.

Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons. Good reproduction of a historic map.

Articles in which this image appears

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps

Creator

Abraham Ortelius

• Support as nominator – MER-C 11:24, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
• Comment – Dates from 1570. – Sca (talk) 14:58, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support – better than the other Commons FP here. Was thinking of nominating it myself. Bammesk (talk) 15:09, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Yann (talk) 15:50, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Moonreach (talk) 15:54, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose clearly wrong. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 20:31, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

• @OlifanofmrTennant: The issue is not whether the map is accurate, but whether it is a good representation for the article Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and others. Have you read this article? Yann (talk) 11:10, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

• Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:11, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:33, 13 November 2024 (UTC)