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The main text reads:
MAP OF THE
SQUARE AND STATIONARY EARTH.
BY PROF. ORLANDO FERGUSON,
HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA.
Four Hundred Passages in the Bible that Condemns the Globe Theory, or the Flying Earth, and None Sustain It.
This Map is the Bible Map of the World.
Copyright by Orlando Ferguson, 1893.

Reason
High-quality image of an extremely rare map of high historical value. (Two known copies exist, this one given to the Library of Congress, and another one lacking the footnotes in some museum). This image is based on File:Orlando-Ferguson-flat-earth-map.jpg, which Fallschirmjäger restored using various magic tricks. I have no familiarity with the FPC criteria, but the restored version seems to meet them with flying colors.
Articles in which this image appears
Flat Earth, Myth of the Flat Earth, could probably be used in others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Headbomb (uploader), Fallschirmjäger (restoration)
You've got to admit that it is pretty fast. It's interesting how he accounts for hotter and colder regions by putting the poles at higher altitudes. So the Earth isn't so much flat as Jello-mold-shaped.--RDBury (talk) 06:07, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Orlando-Ferguson-flat-earth-map edit.jpg --RunningOnBrains(talk) 15:26, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]