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    "title": "A correct map of the seat of war in Mexico",
    "description": "Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.",
    "date": "[\"1847\"]",
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    "identifierLocal": "06_01_011793",
    "creators": [
        "Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889"
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    "collections": [
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
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        "Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846--Maps",
        "Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Mexico--Maps",
        "Mexico--Maps",
        "Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--Maps",
        "Tampico (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Maps"
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    "publisher": "J. Disturnell, ; E. Jones & G.W. Newman."
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        "Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.",
        "Shows portion of Mexico involved in the Battle of Monterrey with historical notes; cities, roads, rivers, and troop movement.",
        "Includes 2 illustrations: American eagle at head of \"Table of Distances,\" and cavalryman with United States flag; text: \"Memorandum of the Battles of 8th & 9th May;\" legend: \"Explanation\" of symbols used; and table of \"Heights of Towns & Mountains.\"",
        "\"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1847, by J.G. Bruff, in the Clerk's Office of the Distt. Court of the Southern Distt. of New York.\"",
        "Insets: Plan of Monterey -- Map showing the battle grounds of the 8th and 9th May 1846 -- Tampico and its environs -- Chart of the Bay of Vera Cruz."
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