[SEMCO] Digging into the Past presents Historian Bill Burke

[Teresa Izzo]

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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE 
RELEASE 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
March 1, 
2017 
Teresa Izzo
                                                                        508-896-3867 
ext. 137
                                                            tizzo at ccmnh.org

The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents
Digging Into the Past
“A Very Fine Place if the Harbor Were Good”
Samuel de Champlain’s 1605 Exploration of Cape Cod
with
Historian Bill Burke


BREWSTER, MA ­ The Cape Cod Museum of Natural 
History in Brewster presents “A Very Fine Place 
if the Harbor Were Good”: Samuel de Champlain’s 1605 Exploration of Cape Cod
with Cape Cod National Seashore Historian Bill 
Burke, Saturday April 1, 2017 at 1pm.

  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.

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.

  Free with Museum Admission

  For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867 ext. 133.

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Teresa Izzo
Program Coordinator
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Main St./Rte. 6A
Brewster, MA 02631
508-896-3867 x137
508-896-8844 - fax 
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