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    "label": "A map of the United States and Canada, New-Scotland, New-Brunswick and New-Foundland",
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    "title": "A map of the United States and Canada, New-Scotland, New-Brunswick and New-Foundland",
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    "date": "[\"1812\"]",
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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    "language": "French",
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    "creators": [
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        "Tardieu, P. F. (Pierre François), 1757-1822",
        "Pachoux, J. J."
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    "collections": [
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    "publisher": "Chez P.A.F. Tardieu, graveur, Place de l'Estrapade, no. 1"
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        "Prime meridians: Paris and Greenwich.",
        "Title cartouche for West Indies section in lower left corner.",
        "In lower margin: Déposée à la Direction Générale de l'Imprimerie et de la Librarie le Septembre 1812.",
        "Includes illustration of a bald eagle perched on top of the main title cartouche.",
        "Coloring in West Indies section to indicate territories and possessions incomplete; parts of legend and some islands not colored.",
        "Label advertising Charles Simonneau pasted in lower right."
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