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ID: 6001021
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6001021
Record Type:
physical
Bunce Island (island)
Coordinates:
Lat: 08 34 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 8.5660
decimal degrees
Long: 013 02 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -13.0330
decimal degrees
Note:
A small island in the in the Sierra Leone River estuary, located north of Freetown. Was the site of early British settlement and post for the slave trade.
Names:
Bunce Island
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Bence Island
(
C
,
V
)
Bense Island
(
C
,
V
)
Bance Island
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sierra Leone
(nation) (
P
)
............
Northern
(province) (
P
)
................
Bunce Island
(island) (
P
)
Place Types:
island (
preferred
,
C
)
trade center (
H
)
fortification (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Bance Island..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Bence Island..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Bense Island..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Bunce Island..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
.......................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
339
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
339
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
..........
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
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© 2004 J. Paul Getty Trust
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