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    "title": "Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum terris adiacentibus",
    "description": "Along with the islands in the Caribbean, shows the southern coast of the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, the Central American coast, and the north coast of South America.",
    "date": "[\"[1650]\"]",
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    "language": "Latin",
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        "West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Caribbean Area--Maps--Early works to 1800"
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        "Along with the islands in the Caribbean, shows the southern coast of the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, the Central American coast, and the north coast of South America.",
        "Appears in the author's Le theatre du monde, ou, Nouuel atlas. Amsterdam: Chez Iean Blaev, 1650.",
        "Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.",
        "Atlas scanned by Internet Archive http://archive.org/details/letheatredumonde00blae"
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