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Provincetown

Massachusetts, United States
Also known as: Precinct of Cape Cod, Province Lands
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Provincetown, town (township), Barnstable county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S., at the northern tip of Cape Cod. It is located among sand dunes within a fishhook-shaped harbour that was visited by the explorers Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602 and Henry Hudson in 1609. Before the Pilgrims founded Plymouth, they landed there on Nov. 11, 1620 (Old Style), an event that is now commemorated on Nov. 21 (New Style). It was on board the Mayflower in Provincetown harbour that...

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