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Due east from here on July 16, 1605, the Sieur De Monts sent Samuel De Champlain ashore to parley with some Indians. They danced for him and traced an outline map of Massachusetts Bay. These French explorers named this promontory The Cape of Islands.
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Rockport, Massachusetts · United States