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ID: 7013022
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013022
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Cape Breton Island (island)  Cape Breton Island (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 10 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.1667  decimal degrees
Long: 060 45 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -60.7500  decimal degrees

Note: Possibly the first land visited by John Cabot during his voyage of 1497-1498; taken by British 1758; formally ceded to Britain in Treaty of Paris 1763 & became part of Nova Scotia; independent crown colony 1784; rejoined Nova Scotia 1820.

Names:
Cape Breton Island (preferred,C,V,English-P)
Cape Breton Island ()
Île du Cap-Breton (C,O,O)
Île du Cap-Breton (French-P)
Île Royale (H,V)
Royale, Ile (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Canada (nation)  ........  Canada (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Nova Scotia (province)  ............  Nova Scotia (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Cape Breton Island (island)  ................  Cape Breton Island (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Cape Breton Island..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  Canadian Encyclopedia (1985) I, 285
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 824
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -562126
Île du Cap-Breton..........  [VP]
................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -562126
................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Île Royale..........  [VP]
.......................  Canadian Encyclopedia (1985) I, 285
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 824
Royale, Ile..........  [VP]
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 354
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canadian Encyclopedia (1985) I, 285
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 824
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -562126
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 354
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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