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==History== In 1524, Italian navigator [[Giovanni da Verrazzano]] was the first European to discover Cape Cod Bay, his claim proved by a map of 1529 which clearly outlined Cape Cod.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts |year=1890 |page=950 |url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofbarnsta00deyo#page/950/mode/2up/search/verrazano |access-date=2010-08-21}}</ref> In 1620, the [[Pilgrim (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrims]] first sheltered in [[Provincetown Harbor]] where they signed the [[Mayflower Compact]], the first democratic document signed in the [[New World]].<ref name=Barbo/>
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