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    "title": "A plan of Quebec",
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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    "language": "English",
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        "Urban Maps",
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
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        "Québec (Québec)--Maps--Early works to 1800"
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        "Relief shown by hachures.",
        "Oriented with north to the right.",
        "Insets: \"The port & environs of Quebec as it was when attack'd by the English\": shows the abortive 1746 British expedition against Quebec during the war of the Austrian Succession; \"A draught of part of the River St. Laurence.\"",
        "Includes text giving the history of the city and index to the principal buildings.",
        "Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor."
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