Cape Ann - Massachusetts, USA - 1000 Places to See Before You Die on Waymarking.com

Quoting the current Wikipedia Entry:

"Cape Ann is a rocky cape in northeastern Massachusetts, United States on the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 30 miles northeast of Boston and marks the northern limit of Massachusetts Bay.

History of the Name:

Cape Ann was first mapped by the explorer John Smith. He had given it the name Cape Tragabigzanda, after his mistress in Istanbul.[citation needed] He had been taken as a prisoner of war and enslaved in the Ottoman Empire. His mistress had fallen in love with him, but Smith later escaped in Russia.

When Smith presented his map to Charles I, he suggested that Charles should feel free to change any of the "barbarous names" (meaning the many Native American place names he had adopted) into English ones. The king made many such changes, but only four survive today. One was Cape Ann, which Charles named in honor of his mother Anne of Denmark.

Communities:

The entirety of Cape Ann lies within Essex County. Anchored by the city of Gloucester, the nexus of the local fishing industry, other towns on Cape Ann include Rockport, at the tip of the cape, and the towns of Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea, which are located where Cape Ann joins the mainland.

In Popular Culture:

The movie The Perfect Storm was filmed in Gloucester in 2000.[9] Setting out for the one last catch that will make up for a lackluster fishing season, Captain Billy Tyne (George Clooney) pushes his boat, the Andrea Gail, out to the waters of the Flemish Cap off Nova Scotia; based on actual events in 1991."

Name of Source Book: 1000 Places to see in the USA and Canada before you die - 2007 (1st) Edition Page Location in Source Book: 47-50 Type of Waymark: Location (an entire peninsula) Location of Coordinates: City of Gloucester and Whale Watching Cost of Admission (Parks, Museums, etc.): 0.00 (listed in local currency) List Available Hours, Dates, Season: Something for every season. Whale Watching is most popular in the summer. Each line has its own hours. Official Tourism Website: [Web Link]

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