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Trivia

Who first mapped the Maine coast?

Answer

Captain John Smith of Pocahontas fame usually gets the credit in 1614, but Samuel de Champlain charted the Maine coast in 1604, and Giovanni da Verrazzano explored the coast in 1524.

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