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    "title": "Africae antiquae, et quarundam Europae, Asiaeque adiacentium regionum",
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    "date": "[\"[ca. 1662]\"]",
    "year": 1662,
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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        "Covers Africa from the Mediterranean to the Ruwenzori Mountains.",
        "Relief shown pictorially.",
        "Dedication: Viro amplissimo pientissimoque Iohanni Brunaeo, IC. et illustrium Zelandiae Ordinum Syndico meritissimo, Nicolaus Blancardus, eorum dem Ordinum Historicus dedicabat L.M.Q.",
        "Includes decorative cartouches and ill. of Hadrianic coins."
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