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ID: 9227077
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/9227077
Record Type:
physical
Nevis (island)
Note:
Visited in 1493 by Columbus; current name refers to the island's cloud-topped peak, which appeared to be snow (las nieves); settled by British in 1628.
Names:
Nevis
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English-P
)
Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
(
H
,
V
)
San Martín
(
H
,
V
)
............
named in 1493
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Leeward Islands
(island group) (
P
)
............
Nevis
(island) (
P
)
Place Types:
island (
preferred
,
C
)
Related geographic places:
coextensive with ....
Nevis
.......... (island division)
..............................
(World, North and Central America, Saint Kitts and Nevis) [7004777]
Sources and Contributors:
Nevis..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 313
Nuestra Señora de las Nieves..........
[
VP
]
...............................................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
San Martín..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
CIA, World Fact Book (1999)
accessed 03/30/00
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 313
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
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