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A World map produced in Amsterdam 1689.

Reason: A very encyclopedic map.
Articles this image appears in: World map
Creator: Van Schagen
Nominator: Bewareofdog

Support — Bewareofdog 21:47, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Support absolutely. -Fcb981 23:19, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Support Good scan, top enc. This is a "natural" for FP! --Janke | Talk 09:08, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Support. Great image. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Question Can we get more information on this specific map? Currently the image is used in the article only as a generic example of an old map and all we know about it is that it was created in Amsterdam in 1689 by someone called Van Schagen. With more information, this map could be useful in articles such as history of cartography. --KFP (talk | contribs) 18:19, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Strong support. Utterly fascinating! --⁪froth^T 06:25, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Weak oppose. There's no information about this map, violating criterion #8. Normally, I'm not such a stickler for this one, but we know nothing about the map. Was this significant in any way? Is it an example of a certain map style? Does the map show any particular misconception about the world that was common at its time? You say it's encyclopedic, but how? I don't think being old in and of itself counts. howcheng {chat} 23:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
- Comment: It does show the California island misconeption. Rmhermen 04:32, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Support It is extremely encyclopedic-- I see no validity in your argument. Jellocube27 00:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
  - It's basically the same as KFP's question above. This is a very nice image, but more context would make it far more encyclopedic. For example, look at Image:Carta Marina.jpeg -- we even have an article about this specific map. What is so special about this world map in particular? Enquiring minds want to know! howcheng {chat} 05:57, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Support: Wow. This is a fascinating picture. They even seem to have the Western coastline of Australia down there - how did they do that?! Ackatsis 01:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Support - James Cook was not the first European to see Australia. The Dutch came first. :) Valentinian ^{T / C} 23:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Support--Dwaipayan (talk) 04:54, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Support Fascinating. Jorcoga ^(Hi!/Review)11:49, Friday, 23 February '07
Support - I think it's featured on Commons, too.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 17:06, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

It is. Valentinian ^{T / C} 23:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Support: Great image. S .D. ¿п? § 12:56, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Support, very amazingly clear! typhoonchaser 15:36, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Support -Superb picture -Nelro
Weak Support - Very good. My support is weak because it's not the best map of the time. Look at Middle East, specially Persia and Persian gulf. I've seen older map which are much more precise. --Arad 23:48, 3 March 2007 (UTC)