Barataria
Encyclopedia
Places
Trinidad and Tobago- Barataria, Trinidad and TobagoBarataria, Trinidad and TobagoBarataria is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It is just east of Port of Spain and Laventille and west of San Juan. It is part of the East-West Corridor.Barataria falls under the San Juan-Laventille Regional Corporation....
United States
- Barataria, LouisianaBarataria, LouisianaBarataria is a census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,333 at the 2000 census. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
- Barataria BayBarataria BayBarataria Bay, also Barrataria Bay, is a bay of the Gulf of Mexico that is located in southeastern Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish and Plaquemines Parish, United States....
(sometimes "Barrataria Bay"), Louisiana - The Barataria Preserve, part of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and PreserveJean Lafitte National Historical Park and PreserveJean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve protects significant examples of the rich natural and cultural resources of Louisiana's Mississippi River Delta region. The park, named after Jean Lafitte, seeks to illustrate the influence of environment and history on the development of a unique...
, Louisiana
In fiction
- Barataria, a fictional ínsula ("isle") awarded by some noblemen to Sancho Panza as a prank in Cervantes' Don Quixote (from the Spanish word barato, meaning cheap)
- Barataria, a fictional republican kingdom in Gilbert and SullivanGilbert and SullivanGilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan . The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S...
's comic opera The GondoliersThe GondoliersThe Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 7 December 1889 and ran for a very successful 554 performances , closing on 30 June 1891... - Barataria, a Spanish language academic journal in Latin America focused on children's literature
Ships
- USC&GS Barataria (1867)USC&GS Barataria (1867)USCS, later USC&GS, Barataria was a steamer that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey from 1867 to 1878 and in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1878 to 1885....
, a survey ship in service with the United States Coast Survey from 1867 to 1878 and with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1878 to 1885 - USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381)USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381)USCGC Barataria , later WHEC-381, was a Casco-class United States Coast Guard cutter in service from 1949 to 1969.-Construction and U.S. Navy service:...
, later WHEC-381, a United States Coast Guard cutter in service from 1949 to 1969 - USS BaratariaUSS BaratariaTwo ships of the United States Navy have been named Barataria, after Barataria Bay in Louisiana., a steamer in service in 1863, a seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946...
, the name of more than one United States Navy ship