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New England: Boston, Marblehead

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July 31st 2015
We were not in a hurry to say goodbye to Nantucket but had to press on, having taken on boatd a memento - a big shiny copper whale that will be hung in our kitchen window. On July 11 we sailed back through Martha's Sound, through Woods Hole Passage and into Buzzards Bay. The Woods Hole outgoing current was fierce, the passage very narrow in places. We sail-motored throgh making at times barely 1.5 ... read more

North America » United States » Massachusetts

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more