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ID: 7004640 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004640			Record Type: physical

Antigua (island)

Note: Columbus landed here in 1493, & named the island for the church of Santa Maria de la Antigua in Seville, Spain; settled by English colonists in 1632.

Names:

Antigua (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
Santa Maria de la Antigua (H,V)	............	named by Columbus in 1493
Antiguan (C,O,English,U,A)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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North and Central America (continent) (P)

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Antigua and Barbuda (nation) (P)

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Antigua (island) (P)

Place Types:

island (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:

Antigua..........	[BHA, FDA, VP Preferred]
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1:38
.................	National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)

Antiguan..........	[VP]
.................	OED2 on CD-ROM (1994)

Santa Maria de la Antigua..........	[VP]
............................................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 38

Subject: .....	[BHA, FDA, VP]
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 38; 1:38
..................	National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................	OED2 on CD-ROM (1994)
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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