Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Leo belgicus.png
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Info Dutch-Latin Leo Belgicus map of the Seventeen Provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands (Low Countries) in 1609 before the independence of the Dutch Republic from Habsburg Spain was internationally recognized in 1648. A great example of early modern Netherlandish cartography. This map is similar to the one featured on Johannes Vermeer's famous The Art of Painting. created by Claes Janszoon Visscher II - uploaded by Joop Rotte - nominated by StellarHalo -- StellarHalo (talk) 10:03, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
Support This is not exactly the most readable map as far as old maps go. However, this map is supposed to be an aesthetic representation of a national personification/allegory rather than an informative map intended to communicate objective geographic information. So, it should be compared to this featured picture and other maps in this category -- StellarHalo (talk) 10:03, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
Question How big is this document on paper? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:45, 21 July 2020 (UTC)- Support Excellent and very interesting in context. Cmao20 (talk) 14:47, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
- Support --Danu Widjajanto (talk) 21:21, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
I withdraw my nomination I just found a better and more readable version somewhere else. I am going to do some research and upload all the possible versions first. There are multiple versions of this map around since it was originially created as part of the author's family-run cartographic business. I apologize for any inconvenience. StellarHalo (talk) 00:19, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
