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    "label": "North America--west coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca and the channels between the continent & Vancouver Id. showing the boundary line between British & American possessions",
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    "title": "North America--west coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca and the channels between the continent & Vancouver Id. showing the boundary line between British & American possessions",
    "description": "Colored line indicates the northwestern boundary of the U.S. running through the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Strait of Georgia. Angle, direction and distance of lines are given. Includes islands, channels, bays, points, inlets, ports and banks. Also includes extreme northwestern Washington Territory, southern Vancouver Island and southwestern British Columbia. Boundary line drawn from the provisions of the 1871 Treaty of Washington.",
    "date": "[\"[1898]\"]",
    "year": 1898,
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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    "creators": [
        "Great Britain. Hydrographic Office",
        "Moore, John Bassett, 1860-1947",
        "Kellett, Henry, 1806-1875",
        "Richards, G. H. (George Henry)",
        "United States. Congress (53rd, 2nd session : 1893-1894). House"
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    "collections": [
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    ],
    "subjects": [
        "Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.)--Maps",
        "Georgia, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.)--Maps",
        "Northwest boundary of the United States--Maps",
        "Canada--Boundaries--United States--Maps",
        "United States--Boundaries--Canada--Maps",
        "British Columbia--Boundaries--Washington (State)--Maps",
        "Washington (State)--Boundaries--British Columbia--Maps"
    ],
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        "Juan de Fuca, Strait of",
        "North and Central America"
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    "extent": "1 map : color ; 36 x 55 cm",
    "notes": [
        "Removed from History and digest of the international arbitrations to which the United States has been a party, together with appendices containing the treaties relating to such arbitrations, and historical and legal notes on other international arbitrations ancient and modern, and on the domestic commissions of the United States for the adjustment of international claims / by John Bassett Moore. Washington : G.P.O., 1898. (Mis. Doc. / 53d Congress, 2d Session, House, no. 212).",
        "\"Chart referred to in the protocol of the undersigned of this date. Hamilton Fish [signed], Edward Thornton [signed], James C. Prevost [signed]. Washington, March 10, 1873.\"",
        "\"The Norris Peters Co., photo-litho., Washington D.C.\""
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