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    "label": "To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers, Baron of Evesham in ye county of Worcester, president of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council &c., this map of North America according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant",
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    "title": "To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers, Baron of Evesham in ye county of Worcester, president of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council &c., this map of North America according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant",
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    "date": "[\"[1710–1719]\"]",
    "year": 1710,
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
    "rightsUri": "No known restrictions on use.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_009669",
    "creators": [
        "Moll, Herman, d. 1732"
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    "collections": [
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    "subjects": [
        "Cod fisheries--Newfoundland and Labrador--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800",
        "North America--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Somers, John Somers, Baron, 1651-1716"
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    "publisher": "Printed for I. Bowles ... and T. Bowles ... and by P. Overton ... and by Iohn King"
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        "Relief shown pictorially.",
        "Prime meridian: London.",
        "Insets: St. John's harbour -- Boston harbour -- New York -- Ashley & Cooper River -- Port Royal harbour -- The bay & city of ye Havana -- The bay of Pto. Bella -- La Vera Cruz -- Cartagena harbour and forts -- The port of Acapulco.",
        "Includes notes and \"A view of a stage & also of ye manner of fishing for, curing & drying cod at Newfoundland.\"",
        "Also shows trade winds and exploration routes.",
        "Appears in Moll's The world described, [1709-1736], plate 7."
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