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

Abraham Ortelius' 1570 world map, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Voting period ends on 11 Jul 2013 at 16:56:33 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * 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)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 16:58, 11 July 2013 (UTC)