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    "title": "A general map of the northern British colonies in America",
    "description": "Published by a prominent London firm, this map illustrates the extent of the British colonies in northern North America at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Britain was keenly interested in maintaining control of this region because the exportation of furs and cod fish generated sizable income for merchants back in England. Profitable natural resources were abundant in Canada, as suggested by the placement of a North American beaver atop the cartouche, and the detailed depiction of the fishing banks off the coast of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.",
    "date": "[\"1776\"]",
    "year": 1776,
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_010509",
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        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
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    "extent": "1 map : hand col. ; 47 x 65 cm.",
    "notes": [
        "Title in upper margin: The seat of war, in the northern colonies, containing the province of Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova-Scotia, New-England, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, &ca.",
        "1st state.",
        "Relief shown pictorially.",
        "From the author's The American military pocket atlas [1776], pl. 3.",
        "Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor."
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