Project Gutenberg 2023-11-16 Public domain in the USA. 179 Howe, Henry F. (Henry Forbush) 1905 1977 Howe, Henry Forbush Early explorers of Plymouth Harbor, 1525-1619 $aPlymouth, MA :$bPlimoth Plantation, Inc. and the Pilgrim Society, $c1953. Steve Mattern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Early Explorers of Plymouth Harbor, 1525-1619" by Henry F. Howe is a historical account published in the mid-20th century. This book explores the maritime history of Plymouth Harbor before the arrival of the Pilgrims, revealing that at least twenty recorded expeditions had come to the coast of Massachusetts long before 1620. The likely topic centers around the various European explorers, including Spanish, French, Dutch, and English, who navigated the New England coastline, their encounters with the Native Americans, and the impact of these early explorations on the eventual establishment of settlements. The book charts the voyages and experiences of explorers such as Estevan Gomez, Giovanni da Verrazano, Samuel de Champlain, and Captain John Smith, detailing their interactions with the Native populations, the flora and fauna they encountered, and their trading activities. It illustrates how the explorers, driven by ambitions of commerce and colonization, contributed to the maritime knowledge of the region, paving the way for the Pilgrims' successful settlement at Plymouth. Notably, it discusses the pivotal role of figures like Squanto, who, after surviving European kidnapping and education, became an essential ally to the Pilgrims as their interpreter. Howe emphasizes that although the Pilgrims are often seen as the first settlers, their success was built upon the groundwork laid by earlier explorers and traders. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20230626033111howe 1953 US Reading ease score: 63.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Discoveries in geography Plymouth Harbor (Mass.) -- Discovery and exploration F001 Text Category: History - American Category: History - European Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 79513 2025-07-28T13:06:26.326246 text/html 54376 2023-11-16T14:14:10 text/html 5594177 2025-07-28T13:06:34.403232 application/epub+zip 5590292 2025-07-28T13:06:29.354223 application/epub+zip 586710 2025-07-28T13:06:27.104265 application/epub+zip 8670071 2025-07-28T13:06:37.341209 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8656721 2025-07-28T13:06:32.170263 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 65092 2025-07-28T13:06:26.042281 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 45250 2023-11-16T14:14:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16191 2025-07-28T13:06:37.511231 application/rdf+xml 34420 2025-07-28T13:06:27.383239 image/jpeg 4068 2025-07-28T13:06:27.243289 image/jpeg 5316533 2025-07-28T13:06:26.408366 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog