Visiting Cape Cod
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A little history...
"Cape Cod was a landmark for early explorers, possibly the "Promontory of Vinland" mentioned
by the Norse voyagers (985-1025). Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 approached it from the south,
and Esteban Gómez the next year called it Cape St. James. Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602 gave it
the name that survives, the ninth oldest surviving English place-name in the U.S. [12] Samuel de
Champlain charted its sand-silted harbors in 1606 and Henry Hudson landed there in 1609.
Captain John Smith noted it on his map of 1614 and at last the Pilgrims entered the "Cape
Harbor" and--contrary to the popular myth of Plymouth Rock--made their first landing near
present-day Provincetown on November 11, 1620. Nearby, in what is now Eastham, they had
their first encounter with Native Americans." (Wikipedia, 2009)
Marconi Station
Directions and info
History
Climate
Check local weather in Eastham
Local News
Cape Cod Times
Things to do
All of Cape Cod
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"Cape Cod was a landmark for early explorers, possibly the "Promontory of Vinland" mentioned
by the Norse voyagers (985-1025). Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 approached it from the south,
and Esteban Gómez the next year called it Cape St. James. Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602 gave it
the name that survives, the ninth oldest surviving English place-name in the U.S. [12] Samuel de
Champlain charted its sand-silted harbors in 1606 and Henry Hudson landed there in 1609.
Captain John Smith noted it on his map of 1614 and at last the Pilgrims entered the "Cape
Harbor" and--contrary to the popular myth of Plymouth Rock--made their first landing near
present-day Provincetown on November 11, 1620. Nearby, in what is now Eastham, they had
their first encounter with Native Americans." (Wikipedia, 2009)
Marconi Station
Directions and info
History
Climate
Check local weather in Eastham
Local News
Cape Cod Times
Things to do
All of Cape Cod
Check back for more info...