Cuttyhunk

Cuttyhunk had a tall windmill in those days that we used as a marker on the horizon when we were sailing toward it.

Rebecca Chace: Shipwreck: Robinson Crusoe and Me Rebecca Chace 2010

Cuttyhunk is a half-day's sail from the harbor where we moored the Tontine.

Rebecca Chace: Shipwreck: Robinson Crusoe and Me Rebecca Chace 2010

There are two reefs between Cuttyhunk and the coast: "Sow and Pigs" and "Hen and Chickens."

Rebecca Chace: Shipwreck: Robinson Crusoe and Me Rebecca Chace 2010

Cuttyhunk was always the first port out and the last port back.

Rebecca Chace: Shipwreck: Robinson Crusoe and Me Rebecca Chace 2010

I was ten the summer we nearly ran aground off Cuttyhunk; young enough to imagine myself more as Jim Hawkins than Chrissy Hynde.

Rebecca Chace: Shipwreck: Robinson Crusoe and Me Rebecca Chace 2010

In the eighteenth century, freed slaves found their way to Cuttyhunk and intermarried with the Wampanaug.

Rebecca Chace: Shipwreck: Robinson Crusoe and Me Rebecca Chace 2010

In 1602, a band of English built a fort on the island of Cuttyhunk.

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Bartholomew Gosnold in this de Bry engraving explored the coast and planted a post on Cuttyhunk Island in 1602.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Bartholomew Gosnold in this de Bry engraving explored the coast and planted a post on Cuttyhunk Island in 1602.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The outposts at Popham and Cuttyhunk were quickly abandoned, as were most of the early French and Spanish settlements.

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