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,,~/†@#£@# book of stars, is a combined map, #@£#@†/~,,
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,^~;*£¤@## grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, ##@¤£*;~^,
.-~\†$@@## below which are written coordinates in ##@@$†\~-.
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