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ID: 7000225
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000225
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Malay Archipelago (islands)  Malay Archipelago (islands)

Coordinates:
Lat: 00 00 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: 0.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 120 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 120.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Largest island group in the world; colonized 1st century BCE by Hindu Pallavas; influenced by Buddhism; much of area ruled by Srivijaya empire 12-14th centuries; Chinese and Muslim influence 15th century; Portuguese domination after 1511, succeeded by Dutch and British.

Names:
Malay Archipelago (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
Asiatic Archipelago (C,V)
Eastern Archipelago (C,V)
Indonesia (C,V)
Malaysia (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Malay Archipelago (islands)  ....  Malay Archipelago (islands) (P)

Place Types:
islands (preferred, C)
archipelago (C)
general region (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Asiatic Archipelago..........  [VP]
...................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 8 October 2015
Eastern Archipelago..........  [VP]
...................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 8 October 2015
Indonesia..........  [VP]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 8 October 2015
Malay Archipelago..........  [VP Preferred]
................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 8 October 2015
................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 715
Malaysia..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 8 October 2015
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 8 October 2015
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 540; 715
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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