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ID: 8712694
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8712694
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Fort San Juan (deserted settlement)  Fort San Juan (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 35 45 10 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 35.7540  decimal degrees
Long: 081 42 57 W  degrees minutes   Long: -81.7166  decimal degrees

Note: Fort San Juan was built by Spanish explorer Juan Pardo in 1567 near the Saura/Cheraw town of Joara (also known as Xuala). It served as a colonial outpost until 1568 when it was destroyed by Native people. It was the first European settlement in the U.S. interior.

Names:
Fort San Juan (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 United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of North Carolina (state)  ............  North Carolina (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Burke (county)  ................  Burke (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Fort San Juan (deserted settlement)  ....................  Fort San Juan (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
historic site (C)
fortified settlement (C)

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Joara .......... (deserted settlement)
..............................  (World, North and Central America, United States, North Carolina, Burke county) [8712695]
near/adjacent to ....  Morganton .......... (inhabited place)
..............................  (World, North and Central America, United States, North Carolina, Burke county) [2075761]

Sources and Contributors:
Fort San Juan..........  [VP Preferred]
..........................  North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources [online] (2008-) "Fort San Juan," accessed 11 November 2019
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Beck Jr., Moore, and Rodning, Identifying Fort San Juan (2006)
..................  Google Maps online (2000-)
..................  North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources [online] (2008-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Beck Jr., Moore, and Rodning, Identifying Fort San Juan (2006) 65-67
..........  North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources [online] (2008-) accessed 11 November 2019

 

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