Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/17th century star map

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17th century star map[edit]

A celestial map from the 17th century, by the Dutch cartographer Frederik de Wit.
detail (2x)
detail (2x) of existing FP Carta Marina
Reason
High enc, good looking, high quality scan.
Articles this image appears in
Astronomy, Star chart
Creator
Frederik de Wit
Nominator
Janke | Talk
  • SupportJanke | Talk 18:33, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose — I love these sorts of old maps/starmaps but even at 1804 × 1236 pixels, it is still not high enough resolution for the detail to be visible, sorry. —Pengo 22:50, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose ack Pengo.--HereToHelp 03:59, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment: Unfortunately, the reproduction I've scanned from is only about 8 x 12 inches in size, and doesn't show any more detail than in this scan. If anyone has a better original, pleace replace. --Janke | Talk 08:39, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I feel kinda bad opposing for resolution when it's 1804x1236px, but there isn't enough detail to be able to read some of the text. ShadowHalo 23:51, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Well, you can't really read the small print on the existing FP "Carta Marina" [1], either, even though it's over 5000 px wide... --Janke | Talk 06:50, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • I can read just about all of the text pretty easily, and the major captions are larger and clearly visible. I think it's more of a problem that I can't read the names of the planets (I'm presuming that's what they are based on the corresponding symbols) in the center-top circle. ShadowHalo 06:11, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 05:15, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]