Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bellin map of the Ionian Sea 1797 IAN 0134.jpg

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Non-photographic_media/Maps#Maps_of_Europe
•  Info created, uploaded, and nominated by Actia_Nicopolis -- Actia Nicopolis (talk) 14:27, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
•  Support -- Actia Nicopolis (talk) 14:27, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
•  Comment I'd consider supporting this one, even if it's not the most exciting maps we have. The file name would need an update, though, to something more descriptive.--Peulle (talk) 14:57, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

   Info Thank you for the suggestion. I have altered the name to a more descriptive one. Actia Nicopolis (talk) 15:13, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

 Support--Peulle (talk) 08:10, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

•  Support Typical of nautical maps. Not much information on the land, only remarkable reliefs. Anchors to indicate refuge places for boat when there is storm. the small crosses indicate the reefs and the point seedling the sandbanks. The text is interresting. If the cartographer is French the cartridge is in German and the denominations are in different languages. The card is a little bit yellow but his interest is enough to name it.--S. DÉNIEL (talk) 20:19, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

   Info Yes, despite the fact that this map looks simple on first shight, it gave very useful information to the past users, as you very well spotted! I never thought of the French Bellin writing the cartuche in German. Possibly because it was published in Germany (Nuremberg).

   Info For your works you will find a map of the same author and the same region but in French: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b59623125/f1.itemvorg --S. DÉNIEL (talk) 16:10, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

* Comment S. DÉNIEL, please sign your vote above, otherwise it is not legitimate and doesn't count. --Cart (talk) 19:44, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

•  Info Thank you for this S. Deniel. Here is the French version of the same map: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k106709d/f197.image Actia Nicopolis (talk) 17:14, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

•  Comment - The map leans down to the right on the lower border. I assume that's accurate, but please confirm. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:31, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

   Info It is vertical on the left side, horizontal on the top, but the other two sides are left as they appear, as the borders of the map ware drawn by hand and are not 100% parallel with the opposite side. Actia Nicopolis (talk) 21:33, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

•  Support - Thanks for confirming. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:39, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
•  Support But I also think this one could be a .PNG, too. Daniel Case (talk) 05:18, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

   Info Thanks for the advice Daniel Case. Does this mean that the map has to be scanned again as png, or can I change it to png by using photoshop, let's say? Actia Nicopolis (talk) 06:03, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

It's a pretty good scan as is and I think you can change it in Photoshop. But, I suppose, if you want to make sure it's really good you could rescan it as a .PNG. Daniel Case (talk) 06:26, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Addendum: per Colin's comment in the nomination below, it would probably make a better .PNG if it was in that format from the beginning. Daniel Case (talk) 17:39, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

•  Support --C messier (talk) 19:24, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Moahim (talk) 06:23, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Tozina (talk) 20:35, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 22:20, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Non-photographic_media/Maps#Maps_of_Europe