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    "title": "Map of the United States of America, the British provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America, with part of New Granada and Venezuela",
    "description": "Relief shown by hachures.",
    "date": "[\"1850\"]",
    "year": 1850,
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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        "Atwood, John M., b. ca. 1818",
        "Barnard, William S., b. ca. 1809"
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        "Covers also parts of South America and Canada.",
        "Shows cities and towns, Indian tribal areas, railroads, canals, drainage, etc.",
        "Prime meridians: Washington, D.C. and Greenwich.",
        "Inset: A map of the Atlantic Ocean showing the American & European ports and the routes of the ocean steamers.",
        "Includes tables of distances.",
        "\"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by J.H. Colton in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.\"",
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