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George Weymouth (Waymouth) (c. 1585 – c. 1612) was an English explorer and colonist of the area now occupied by the state of Maine. George Weymouth was a native of Cockington, Devon, who spent his youth studying shipbuilding and mathematics. His travels are among the early recorded contacts between Wabanaki nations and people of Northern Europe.

Captain Weymouth's expedition in Penobscot Bay in Maine

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George Weymouth (Waymouth) (c. 1585 – c. 1612) was an English explorer and colonist of the area now occupied by the state of Maine. George Weymouth was...

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Weymouth

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Weymouth and Portland, the abolished local government district Weymouth Bay Weymouth Beach Weymouth Harbour, Dorset Weymouth Harbour Tramway Weymouth...

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George Alexis Weymouth

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George Alexis Weymouth (June 2, 1936 – April 24, 2016), better known as Frolic Weymouth, was an American artist, whip or stager, and conservationist....

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Pinus strobus

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Abenaki use the term kowa. It is known as the "Weymouth pine" in the United Kingdom, after Captain George Weymouth of the British Royal Navy, who brought its...

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George Jung

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portrayed by Johnny Depp in the biopic Blow (2001). George Jung was born on August 6, 1942, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, to Frederick Jung, who owned a small...

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Tina Weymouth

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Martina Michèle Weymouth (/ˈweɪməθ/ WAY-məth; born November 22, 1950) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and a founding member and bassist of...

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Weymouth Beach

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Weymouth Beach is a gently curving arc of sand in Weymouth Bay, beside the town of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Immediately adjacent to the beach is The...

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Hudson Strait

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entrance to the strait. The first European to explore the strait was George Weymouth who sailed 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) beyond the Furious Overfall...

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Marquess of Bath

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3rd Viscount Weymouth. The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles Baron Thynne, of Warminster in the County of Wiltshire, and Viscount Weymouth, both created...

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Saint George River

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at Damariscotta dates back 2,200 years. Captain Weymouth observed this midden in 1605. George Weymouth, captain of the Archangel, made the first documented...

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Milk

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Rosier's record of the 1605 voyage made by George Weymouth to New England reported that the Wabanaki people Weymouth captured in Maine milked "Rain-Deere and...

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Squanto

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and this exacerbated intertribal rivalries and hostilities. In 1605, George Weymouth set out on an expedition to explore the possibility of settlement in...

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Timeline of Colonial America

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1588 – England and its Dutch allies defeat the Spanish Armada. 1605 – George Weymouth explores New England. 1606 – The London Company and the Plymouth Company...

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Northwest Passage

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name was changed to Lachine Rapids in the mid-19th century. In 1602, George Weymouth became the first European to explore what would later be called Hudson...

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Wabanaki Confederacy

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colonists established contacts with the Mawooshen in 1605. Captain George Weymouth met with them in a large village on the Kennebec River. He took five...

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George III

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his family took holidays at Weymouth, Dorset, which he thus popularised as one of the first seaside resorts in England. George, in his accession speech to...

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Popham Colony

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Pemaquid, returning a native, Skidwarres, who had been captured by George Weymouth in 1605. The Gift of God arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River...

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Thomas King Inscription

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of Cushing, Maine. King was a boatswain on the 1605 expedition of George Weymouth, which explored the area in search of the Northwest Passage to India...

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