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    "title": "A new map of the East Indies and China from the best authorities",
    "description": "Covers South Asia, Southeast Asia, and southeastern China.",
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        "Manuscript map in pen and ink and watercolor, likely drawn by a schoolgirl.",
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        "Manuscript in pencil in lower right: Ms. J. Wel[ich?].",
        "Manuscript in ink in upper right on verso: 23.",
        "Gift of Michael Ellman, 2018."
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