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    "title": "The Dutch colony of the Cape of Good Hope",
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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        "Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Maps--Early works to 1800"
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        "Decorative title-cartouche depicting elephant hunting.",
        "In English and Dutch.",
        "Conservation of this piece was funded by Alan and Sherry Leventhal in memory of his father, Norman B. Leventhal whose vision to create this Map Center will inspire generations to come.",
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