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    "label": "[Coast of New England from Chatham Harbor to Naragansett Bay]",
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    "title": "[Coast of New England from Chatham Harbor to Naragansett Bay]",
    "description": "This chart of the southern coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island is representative of the level of detail contained in the charts of The Atlantic Neptune. The surveys of this coastline began in 1774, and were performed by engineers working under the supervision of Samuel Holland. With the inclusion of numerous soundings, the chart is able to convey the depth of the sea at various places in a two-dimensional form. Modern nautical charts use the same placement of soundings along coastlines to inform navigators of underwater dangers. It was imperative for 18th century mariners to have such safety information, as navigation of intricate and unknown coasts could be perilous.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_004479",
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        "Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824"
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    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
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        "American Revolutionary War-Era Maps",
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection",
        "Maritime Charts and Atlases"
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        "Coasts--New England--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Coasts--Massachusetts--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Coasts--Rhode Island--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Early works to 1800",
        "Nautical charts--New England--Early works to 1800",
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        "Massachusetts--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Rhode Island--Maps--Early works to 1800"
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        "Title from published bibliography.",
        "From the author's Atlantic Neptune."
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