Burcana Ins.

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J.H.F. Bloemers

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

Last modified Apr 24, 2013 06:38 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):
53.588056, 6.669722

Locations:

location of Burcana Ins. (modern)

Names:

Burcana (30 BC - AD 640)

Burcana Ins. makes connections with:

Burcana Ins. connection Germanicum Mare (unspecified date range)

Burcana Ins. receives connections from:

None

Place type:
island

References:

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 Ins.: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2013 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/98930> [accessed: 20 April 2018]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/98930 |title=Places: 98930 (Burcana Ins.) |author=Bloemers, J. |accessdate=April 20, 2018 7:07 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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