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ID: 6002507
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6002507
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Helluland (area)  Helluland (area)

Note: Viking name for what is generally agreed to be a portion of northeastern Canada. The name stems from the famed Norse legend "Eiríks saga rauða" (“Erik the Red’s Saga”), and translates to "Land of Flat Rocks."

Names:
Helluland (preferred,C,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 Helluland (area)  ............  Helluland (area) (P)

Place Types:
area (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Helluland..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 345
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 345
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 31 July 2019

 

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