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    "title": "Map of the Empire of Germany",
    "description": "Dated from the earliest atlas in which the map was issued.",
    "date": "[\"[1773]\"]",
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_014649",
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        "Delarochette, L. (Louis), 1731-1802",
        "Delarochette, L. (Louis), 1731-1802",
        "Kitchin, Thomas, 1719-1784",
        "Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794"
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    "collections": [
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
    ],
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        "Europe, Central--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Germany--Maps--Early works to 1800"
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        "Dated from the earliest atlas in which the map was issued.",
        "Originally on 4 sheets. Boston Public Library copy joined to 2 sheets.",
        "Shows boundaries, rivers, roads, forests and settlements.",
        "Relief shown pictorially.",
        "Prime meridian: Ferro.",
        "German empire, extending from Rhine in the west to beyond the Oder in the east, including Switzerland and Austria with parts of Poland and Prussia; Central Europe.",
        "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.",
        "Maps 17-18 in a composite atlas with the title \"Atlas of the world.\""
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