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    "title": "The partition of Africa",
    "description": "Borders, political dominance, and colonial rule: these were headline news one hundred years ago just as they are today. Blatantly imperialistic, this map was made during the political tensions before World War I to declare world powers’ land claims. In “The Partition of Africa,” European leaders divvied up the continent for their nations’ economic gains.",
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        "Relief shown by hachures.",
        "Appears in the author's Historical atlas. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1911."
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