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    "localId": "1257b855m",
    "label": "Birds eye view of North and South Carolina and part of Georgia",
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    "title": "Birds eye view of North and South Carolina and part of Georgia",
    "description": "Torn in Two: Three separately published bird's-eye views provide a continuous panoramic perspective of the southeastern United States coast, extending from the Chesapeake Bay to Florida. Together they highlight the Union naval blockade of the Confederacy, showing pictorially coastal fortifications as well as ships lining the coast and entering major harbors. It is truly remarkable that these views were the work of one man, Swiss born artist John Bachmann, because he did not have the ability to observe such a large part of the country from an elevated perspective, other than in his own creative imagination. While not particularly useful for planning military maneuvers because of exaggerated topography and inconsistent scales, they were intended to assist a living room audience in visualizing the geographic areas where the battles had and would occur.",
    "date": "[\"[ca. 1861]\"]",
    "year": 1861,
    "citationUrl": "https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:1257b855m",
    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
    "rightsUri": "No known restrictions on use.",
    "reuseAllowed": "no restrictions",
    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_004403",
    "creators": [
        "Bachmann, John, fl. 1849-1885"
    ],
    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
    ],
    "subjects": [
        "Confederate States of America--History--Aerial views",
        "North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Aerial views",
        "South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Aerial views",
        "Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Aerial views",
        "United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Aerial views"
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        "North Carolina",
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        "United States"
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    "typeOfResource": [
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    "country": "United States",
    "state": "Georgia",
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    "source": "import",
    "pubPlace": "New York",
    "publisher": "John Bachmann"
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    "extent": "1 view : col. ; 46 x 71 cm.",
    "notes": [
        "At top of map: Panorama of the seat of war.",
        "View of the coast from Currituck Sound, North Carolina, to Savannah, Georgia, indicating towns, roads, railroads, and rivers. The shelling of Fort Hatteras is shown.",
        "Includes a table of distances from Cape Hatteras."
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