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...perhaps the most significant discovery was a lone grave with the remains of a ceremonial staff inside. Kelso believes it is the resting place of Bartholomew Gosnold, captain of the Godspeed, who died on Aug. 22, 1607, after a "three-week illness." DNA tests on the skeleton have been inconclusive...
This island has sustained a steady stream of tourists since pre-colonial times, when explorer Bartholomew Gosnold named it for his mother Martha. The island has been a family spot ever since...
...Cuttyhunk's case: the island was discovered in 1602 by Englishman Bartholomew" Gosnold. Shakespeare wrote The Tempest in 1611. Both Shakespeare and Gosnold had the same patron: the Earl of Southampton. Cuttyhunkers insist that Shakespeare's account of the shipwreck isle tallied with Gosnold's description of Cuttyhunk. Most Shakespeare authorities think he wrote about Bermuda...
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