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Cape Cod

Cape Cod is a hook-shaped peninsula in south-eastern Massachusetts reaching about 100 kilometres into the Atlantic Ocean. It was home to Wampanoag and Nauset communities when the Pilgrims of the Mayflower anchored at its tip in November 1620 before settling at Plymouth. Fishing, whaling and salt-making shaped its later economy, and since 1914 a canal has separated it from the mainland.

Cape Cod
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Wampanoag Confederacy

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Cape Cod. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cape-cod
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