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    "title": "Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum terris adiacentibus",
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        "Coasts--South America--Maps--Early works to 1800",
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        "Show southeast coast of North America from Virginia to north coast of South America to east of Trinidad, west coast of Central America, West Indies.",
        "Includes embellished title cartouche, scale and ill. of ships at sea.",
        "Includes scales in milliaria germanica and leucae hispanicae.",
        "Text in Latin on verso with running title \"Hispaniola & Cuba, caption title \"Insulae Americae praecipuae sunt Hispaniola et Cuba,\" and signature \"Vuuu.\"",
        "From Jansonius's and Hondius's Atlas novus ... Amstelodami : Apud Ionnem Ianssonium & Henricum Hondium, 1638.",
        "Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor."
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