Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/File:Rensselaerswyck Original Map Small.png

Map of Rensselaerswyck

 * Reason:17th century map of the only successful patroonship within New Netherland. Historically significant for the Albany, New York and Capital District area. The original is actually on display at the New York State Museum as part of an exhibition called "1609", in celebration of Henry Hudson's voyage up the Hudson River.
 * Articles this image appears in:Map of Rensselaerswyck, Manor of Rensselaerswyck, Kiliaen van Rensselaer (Dutch merchant)
 * Creator:Unknown


 * Support as nominator -- upstate NYer  00:50, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * What's this like in comparison to the original size? The text is a little on the small side... J Milburn (talk) 21:56, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * The original is 24,244 × 8,078 pixels and very clear. This is downsampled so it will show at thumbnail (5,000 × 1,666 pixels).  upstate NYer  23:31, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Supoort-- There's something about the color or texture that makes it appealing, but can't figure out what it is...  Zoo Fari  23:35, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 01:15, 3 October 2009 (UTC)