Vishākhapatnam
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Vishākhapatnam (inhabited place)Coordinates: Lat: 17 42 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 17.7000 decimal degrees Long: 083 18 00 E degrees minutes Long: 83.3000 decimal degrees
Note: British factory was established here in 1683; taken by French 1757 and recaptured the following year; city has the only protected harbor on Coromandel Coast; exports sugar, manganese, ore, and peanuts; is a major shipbuilding center.
Names: Vishākhapatnam (preferred,C,V,English,U) Vishakhapatnam (C,V) Vizagapatam (C,V) Vaisākhapattanam (NA,V) Visakhapatnam (NA,V) Vizag (NA,V)
Hierarchical Position: Hierarchy of World (facet) World (facet) Hierarchy of Asia (continent) .... Asia (continent) (P) Hierarchy of India (nation) ........ India (nation) (P) Hierarchy of Andhra Pradesh (state) ............ Andhra Pradesh (state) (P) Hierarchy of Vishākhapatnam (inhabited place) ................ Vishākhapatnam (inhabited place) (P)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Gipson, Tracy Greer and Marjorie Papers
File — Box 1
Identifier: RG-1543
Scope and Content
This collection documents the missionary related activities of Tracy Greer and Marjorie Gipson in South India from the mid-1940s through retirement in September 1982. Additional materials pertain to involvement in the creation of the Banjara Development Trust including annual and monthly reports through the year 2003. Other topics covered include commissions from the American Baptist Foreign Mission Service (ABFMS) Commissioning Service Program and correspondence regarding the Missionary...
Dates:
1946-2018
Found in:
American Baptist Historical Society