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Image: Approximate Locations of Cape Cod Wrecks Down to 1903

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Description: A map of Cape Cod annotated with the approximate locations of shipwrecks that were known as of 1903. This area, known as "The Graveyard of the Atlantic Ocean," is reported to have had over 3,000 wrecks. This is a section of a map drawn by the U.S. Engineer Office, Newport, RI.
Title: Approximate Locations of Cape Cod Wrecks Down to 1903
Credit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685622308169421/permalink/2112705165461121/, found in Cape Cod:Its People and their History, by Henry C. Kittredge (1930)
Author: United States Engineer Office, Newport, RI
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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