1 jan 1614 ano - 1614 Captain John Smith Discovers "New England"

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1614
Explorer Captain John Smith sails down the Maine coast to Massachusetts Bay. He makes contact with the native inhabitants.

Rounding the Shawmut Peninsula, Captain Smith spots nearby islands lush with corn, calling them “the Paradise of all these parts." He notes a hilly smaller peninsula with three peaks – an important site in Puritan history – surrounded by a harbor fed by three rivers.

1616
Two years later in 1616, Smith draws a map of the coast, labeling it "New England" to make it seem more attractive to potential colonists.

For land claim purposes, Smith backdates his map to 1614.

Initially labeling least two different rivers Quinnebequi, which means long still water, he decides to rename them to honor Prince Charles of England. He calls the southern one River Charles, and the northern one Kennebec River.

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