USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On September 6, 1620, the Mayflower departed Plymouth, England with all 102 Pilgrims on board. After two months at sea, land was spotted on November 9, 1620. The Pilgrims had found the landmass known today as Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Detailed explanation-2: -On December 21, 1620, the Pilgrims came ashore at Plymouth. After 66 days at sea and several weeks docked in Provincetown Harbor while the passengers explored Cape Cod, Mayflower finally docked in Plymouth on December 18th.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is where the Mayflower came ashore 400 years ago, bringing with it English pilgrims who helped found the nation. The town and county of Plymouth boasts some of the best whale watching, dining, shopping, and cultural activities in a quaint New England setting, much of it nestled along the seashore.

Detailed explanation-4: -After a tortuous 66-day voyage from England, the Pilgrims reached the mainland of America 400 years ago today, Nov. 11. But they didn’t land at Plymouth Rock, as the popular myth alleges. They first anchored in Provincetown Harbor.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Pilgrims sent an exploratory party ashore, and on December 18 docked at Plymouth Rock, on the western side of Cape Cod Bay. The explorer John Smith had named the area Plymouth after leaving Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World.