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    "label": "A chart of the British Channel and the Bay of Biscay, with a part of the North Sea, and the entrance of St. George's Channel",
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    "title": "A chart of the British Channel and the Bay of Biscay, with a part of the North Sea, and the entrance of St. George's Channel",
    "description": "Depths shown by soundings.",
    "date": "[\"1780\"]",
    "year": 1780,
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
    "rightsUri": "No known restrictions on use.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_014658",
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        "Dicquemare, (Jacques-François), M. l'abbé, 1733-1789",
        "Delarochette, L. (Louis), 1731-1802",
        "Faden, William, 1749-1836"
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    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection",
        "Maritime Charts and Atlases"
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        "Coasts--England--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Coasts--France--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Nautical charts--English Channel--Early works to 1800",
        "Nautical charts--North Sea--Early works to 1800",
        "Biscay, Bay of (France and Spain)--Navigation--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "English Channel--Navigation--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "North Sea--Navigation--Maps--Early works to 1800"
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    "notes": [
        "Depths shown by soundings.",
        "Conservation of this piece was funded by Alan and Sherry Leventhal in memory of his father, Norman B. Leventhal whose vision to create this Map Center will inspire generations to come.",
        "Map 7 in a composite atlas with the title \"Atlas of the world.\""
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