Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/French ship Astrolabe

Reconnaissance de la Terre Adelie, le 20 Janvier 1840

Voting period ends on 17 Jan 2025 at 06:59:56 (UTC)

Original – The reconnaissance of Adelie Land, 20 January 1840, by the ships L'Astrolabe and La Zelée

Reason

A fine image of one of the voyages of Antarctic exploration

Articles in which this image appears

(In alphabetical order) Adélie Land, European and American voyages of scientific exploration, French ship Astrolabe (1811), History of Antarctica, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Territorial claims in Antarctica

FP category for this image

Either Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others or Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Vehicles/Water

Creator

Léon Sabatier after Louis Le Breton and Auguste Étienne François Mayer, restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 06:59, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
• Support Although the Captain would not be under so much sail close to icebergs in this amount of wind... Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:06, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

  I believe that's an artistic convention. It's rare you don't see ships at full mast in art. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 14:51, 7 January 2025 (UTC)