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ID: 7018306
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7018306

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Fort James (deserted settlement)  Fort James (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 13 19 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 13.3160  decimal degrees
Long: 016 22 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -16.3660  decimal degrees

Note: Fort was constructed here in 1651 by Germans; taken by British 10 years later. The fort was destroyed and rebuilt several times during the colonial period. The ruins are maintained as a monument to the struggle of native peoples during European contention for slave-trade posts in the area.

Names:
Fort James (preferred,C,V)  ............ named after James, the Duke of York, later King James II of England

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of The Gambia (nation)  ........  The Gambia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of North Bank (region (administrative division))  ............  North Bank (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Fort James (deserted settlement)  ................  Fort James (deserted settlement) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of The Gambia (nation)  ........  The Gambia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Fort James Island (island)  ............  Fort James Island (island) (P)
Hierarchy of Fort James (deserted settlement)  ................  Fort James (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  fortified by Europeans in 17th cen.
tourist center (C)
archaeological site (C)
World Heritage Site (C)
inhabited place (H)
fort (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Fort James..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Gambia Tourist Office, Gambia (1990)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Gambia Tourist Office, Gambia (1990)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Gambia Tourist Office, Gambia (1990)

 

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