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    "title": "A new and accurate chart of the West Indies",
    "description": "This chart was published in John Harris's \"Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, or A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels\". Although the chart also includes the eastern coast of the Americas, its main function was to aid in the navigation through the Caribbean Sea and around the West Indian islands. Currents were indicated by arrows and deeper waters by darker shading. The text scattered throughout the map is primarily historical in nature, mentioning, for example, Columbus' landing in San Salvador, and the British annexation of the Bahamas in 1707. Navigational advice was also provided, as well as a detailed description of how to carry cargo overland across Central America from \"the South Sea\" (the Pacific) to the \"North Sea\" (the Caribbean) and back to Europe. \"Inconveniences\" along the trade routes included rough trade winds and pirates.",
    "date": "[\"1748\"]",
    "year": 1748,
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    "language": "English",
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        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
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