  We present a mosaic image of the 1.4GHz radio continuum emission from the
Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) observed with the Australia Telescope Compact
Array (ATCA) and the Parkes Telescope. The mosaic covers 10.8 x 12.3 square
degrees with an angular resolution of 40", corresponding to a spatial scale of
10pc in the LMC. The final image is suitable for studying emission on all
scales between 40" and the surveyed area. In this paper, we discuss i) the
characteristics of the LMC's diffuse and compact radio continuum emission, ii)
the fraction of the emission produced by thermal processes and the implied star
formation rate in the LMC, and iii) variations in the radio spectral index
across the LMC. Two non-standard reduction techniques that we used to process
the ATCA visibility data may be of interest for future wide-field radio
continuum surveys. The data are open to the astronomical community and should
be a rich resource for studies of individual objects such as supernova
remnants, HII regions and planetary nebulae, as well as extended features such
as the diffuse emission from synchrotron radiation.
