Burcana (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.H.F. Bloemers Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J.H.F. Bloemers Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jan 10, 2025 07:43 PM
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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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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/98930
53.5893248558, 6.7325341803
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Borkum (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Burcana (island) located in Germanicum Mare (unspecified date range)
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 10 C3 Burcana Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Borkum GER
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, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/98930> [accessed: 13 March 2025]
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