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ID: 7000572
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000572
Record Type:
administrative
Elmina (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 05 05 20 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 5.0898
decimal degrees
Long: 001 20 52 W
degrees minutes
Long: -1.3480
decimal degrees
Note:
First important European port on the Gold Coast, founded by Portuguese in 1482; grew into a leading center for the gold trade; passed to Dutch in 1637, to British in 1872.
Names:
Elmina
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
São Jorge da Mina
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Ghana
(nation) (
P
)
............
Central
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Elmina
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded by Portuguese traders in 1482
town (
C
)
port (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Elmina..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 272
.................
Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
.................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
61
São Jorge da Mina..........
[
VP
]
................................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
355
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 272
..................
Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 5 January 2015
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
61
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
355
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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