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PRESS RELEASE<br>
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
March 1,
2017
Teresa Izzo<br>
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508-896-3867 ext. 137<br>
tizzo@ccmnh.org<br>
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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents<br>
Digging Into the Past<br>
<i>“A Very Fine Place if the Harbor Were Good”<br>
Samuel de Champlain’s 1605 Exploration of Cape Cod<br>
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</i>BREWSTER, MA The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster
presents <i>“A Very<b> </b>Fine Place if the Harbor Were Good”:</i>
<i>Samuel de Champlain’s 1605 Exploration of Cape Cod<br>
</i>with Cape Cod National Seashore Historian Bill Burke, <b>Saturday
April 1, 2017 at 1pm.<br>
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While French explorer Samuel de Champlain may be most widely known
as the “Father of New France” (Canada), he left the earliest detailed
description of Cape Cod during his 1605 exploration of the New England
coast from Acadia to the Cape. Champlain left vivid descriptions of
the land, its native peoples, and the plants and animals he encountered
but do they correspond with the Contact Period archeological record of
the Nauset Archeological District? And his remarkable map of Nauset
Marsh in present-day Eastham is stunning in its detail, but does it leave
us with more questions than answers? Join Park Historian Bill Burke
as he takes the audience on an illustrated journey going back 400 years
to take a closer look at Champlain’s maps and travel journal and discuss
the possible answers to these fascinating questions.<br>
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Bill Burke is the Historian for Cape Cod National Seashore and he helps
to preserve the Seashore's exciting collection of museum objects,
historic buildings, special landscapes and archeology sites.<br>
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<b>Free with Museum Admission<br>
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<b> </b>For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867
ext. 133.<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
508-896-8844 - fax</body>
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