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    "title": "Mediterranean Sea, plans on the coasts of Italy and Sicilia",
    "description": "This chart, part of the U.S. Department of Defense's international hydrographic chart series, provides detailed soundings along portions of the Italian Mediterranean coastline. The five insets cover the ports of Messina, Calabria, Catania, Baie de Taormina, and Riposto, located on the island of Sicily and the west coast of Italy.",
    "date": "[\"[1996]\"]",
    "year": 1996,
    "citationUrl": "https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:3f463894p",
    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
    "rightsUri": "No known restrictions on use.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_000078",
    "creators": [
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    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
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        "Harbors--Italy--Messina--Maps",
        "Harbors--Italy--Reggio di Calabria--Maps",
        "Harbors--Italy--Catania--Maps",
        "Harbors--Italy--Taormina--Maps",
        "Harbors--Italy--Riposto--Maps",
        "Italy--Maps",
        "Mediterranean Sea--Navigation",
        "Mediterranean Sea--Maps",
        "Mediterranean Coast (Italy)--Maps",
        "Mediterranean Coast (Sicily, Italy)--Maps"
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        "Catania",
        "Europe",
        "Italy",
        "Mediterranean Sea",
        "Messina",
        "Reggio di Calabria",
        "Riposto",
        "Sicily",
        "Taormina"
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    "pubPlace": "Bethesda, Md.?] ; Riverdale, MD",
    "publisher": "United States Defense Mapping Agency ; NOAA Distribution Branch, N/CG33, National Ocean Service, distributor"
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    "extent": "5 maps on 1 sheet : col. ; 112 x 77 cm.",
    "notes": [
        "Depths shown by isolines and soundings.",
        "Relief shown by contours and spot heights.",
        "\"From various sources to 1982. Shoreline and topography compiled from best available sources in 1985.\"",
        "\"Copyright 1996 by the United States Government. No copyright claimed under Title 17 U.S.C.\"",
        "Components: Sicilia--east coast, Porto di Messina. Scale 1:10,000 -- Italy--west coast, Reggio di Calabria. Scale 1:10,000 -- Sicilia--east coast, Porto di Catania. Scale 1:10,000 -- Sicilia--east coast, Baie de Taormina. Scale 1:15,000 -- Sicilia--east coast, Porto di Riposto. Scale 1:10,000.",
        "\"Soundings in meters.\"",
        "Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004."
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