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ID: 7003832
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7003832
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Madeira, Ilha da (island)  Madeira, Ilha da (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 32 44 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 32.7333  decimal degrees
Long: 017 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -17.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Possibly visited by Phoenicians; was explored by Genoese in 14th cen.; Portuguese introduced grapes from Cyprus or Crete in 15th cen.; held by British during Napoleonic Wars; today is famed for wine; also produces sugar & bananas, fish & embroidery.

Names:
Madeira, Ilha da (preferred,C,V)
Ilha da Madeira (C,V,display)
Madeira (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Portugal (nation)  ........  Portugal (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Madeira (autonomous region)  ............  Madeira (autonomous region) (P)
Hierarchy of Madeira, Ilha da (island)  ................  Madeira, Ilha da (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Ilha da Madeira..........  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Madeira..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 652
.................  Michelin: Portugal (1982) 144-146
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Madeira, Ilha da..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 652
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 9 May 2014
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 652
..................  Michelin: Portugal (1982) 144-146
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 9 May 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2168434
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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