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    "title": "A description of the towne of Mannados or New Amsterdam",
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    "date": "[\"[1904–1910]\"]",
    "year": 1904,
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        "Oriented with north to the lower left.",
        "\"Reproduced from the original in the British Museum.\"",
        "\"Specimen illustration from 'A history of the United States and its people.' by Elroy McKendree Avery.\""
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