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ID: 7013022
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013022
Record Type:
physical
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:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Canada
(nation) (
P
)
............
Nova Scotia
(province) (
P
)
................
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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