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    "title": "A map of the British colonies in North America",
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    "date": "[\"[1775]\"]",
    "year": 1775,
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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        "Includes text and inset \"A new map of Hudson's Bay and Labrador from the late surveys of those coasts.\"",
        "Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.",
        "Missing 2 sheets."
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