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ID: 7006209
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7006209
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Papeete (inhabited place)  Papeete (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 17 32 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -17.5333  decimal degrees
Long: 149 34 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -149.5667  decimal degrees

Note: Harbor visited by Captain Cook on scientific expedition & by Captain Bligh of the notorious Bounty in 1788; was cultural & commercial center of Tahita in 18th cen.; produces copra, vanilla & mother-of-pearl.

Names:
Papeete (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of French Polynesia (dependent state)  ........  French Polynesia (dependent state) (P)
Hierarchy of lost & found/ Polynésie française (miscellaneous)  ............  lost & found/ Polynésie française (miscellaneous) (P)
Hierarchy of Papeete (inhabited place)  ................  Papeete (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of French Polynesia (dependent state)  ........  French Polynesia (dependent state) (P)
Hierarchy of Tahiti (island)  ............  Tahiti (island) (P)
Hierarchy of Papeete (inhabited place)  ................  Papeete (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 18th cen.
city (C)
capital (C)
port (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Papeete..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 492
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 712
.................  Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 149
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 492
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 712
..................  Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 149
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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