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    "title": "Particular draughts of some of the chief African Islands in the Mediterranean",
    "description": "Maps: \"An accurate map of the islands of Malta Goze & Cuming\" ; \"An accurate chart of Cape de Verd Islands, being an improvement of Capt. Roberts's draught\" ; \"A correct map of the island of St. Hellena, belonging to the English East India Company\" ; Island of Madera ; \"A draught of Table Bay\" ; \"A plan of the Dutch fort at the Cape of Good Hope\" ; \"The Bay of Agoa de Saldanha\" and \"Island of Teneriffe.\"",
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        "Malta--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Cape Verde--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Madeira (Madeira Islands)--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Saint Helena--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Tenerife (Canary Islands)--Maps--Early works to 1800"
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        "Numbered \"N⁰50.\"",
        "Notes about the islands.",
        "Relief shown pictorially.",
        "Depth shown by soundings.",
        "Cape Verde Islands longitude is measured from Cape Verde."
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