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        "Depths shown by soundings.",
        "Also shows magnetic declination and ship tracks.",
        "Insets: Loros Islands, Peru / surveyed by Captn. Robert Fitzroy, R.N. 1836 -- Pisco Bay, Peru / by Captn. R. Fitzroy, R.N. 1836 -- Lota -- Roccas / drawn & engraved by W. Hooker from a sketch by S.E. Burrows -- Channel through the Abrolhos Banks -- Sketch of the Manoel Luiz Bank / by M. le Baron Roussin -- Bahia or San Salvador from the surveys of Cmr. Fitzroy Captn. M.H. Dixon and Baron Rousin.",
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