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Burcana (island)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J.H.F. Bloemers

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Apr 04, 2024 04:38 PM — History

Burcana Ins. (Borkum) is an island in the North Sea. It is mentioned by Strabo and Pliny the Elder as the Burchana fabaria (island of beans).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/98930

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
53.5893248558, 6.7325341803

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Borkum (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Borkum (German, modern)
- Burcana (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Βυρχανίς (Burchanis: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Fabaria (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Burcana (island) makes connections with:

Burcana (island) located in Germanicum Mare (unspecified date range)

Burcana (island) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
island

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Evidence:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 10 C3 Burcana Ins.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Borkum GER

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Suggested citation:
J.H.F. Bloemers, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Burcana (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/98930> [accessed: 26 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/98930 |title=Places: 98930 (Burcana (island)) |author=Bloemers, J. |accessdate=April 26, 2024 8:19 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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