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OriginalA plan of the cities of London and Westminster, and borough of Southwark: a map of Georgian London to a scale of 26 inches to a mile, surveyed by John Rocque, engraved by John Pine, and published in 1746.
Reason
High quality reproduction of this notable map.
Articles in which this image appears
John Rocque's Map of London, Westminster, and Southwark, 1746, John Rocque
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
John Rocque
We judge images at full size. Bammesk (talk) 17:20, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Mild oppose in current form I like the content, but comparing to Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Turgot map of Paris (2), the main image there is an assembled continuous image with the margins between sheets removed, which seems to me the best way to present this content to a general audience. Unless there's some reason the same couldn't be done with this map, I'd suggest that this is not an optimal version of this map to promote, and we should wait for/produce that version. TSP (talk) 19:29, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think the edges line up tightly enough for the stitching to be feasible. Bammesk (talk) 04:33, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:John Rocque's map of London and Westminster, 1746, all sheets.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:57, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]