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Martha's Vineyard
island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
Wampanoag people
thumbnail|right|300px|Adriaen Block|Adriaen Block's map of his 1614 voyage, with the first appearance of the term "[[New Netherland"]] The Wampanoag, also rendered Wôpanâak, are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands currently based in southeastern Massachusetts and formerly parts of eastern Rhode Island. Their historical territory includes the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
Tisbury
town in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States
Heath hen
subspecies of bird
Beach vole
species of mammal
Bartholomew Gosnold
English barrister, explorer, and privateer (1571–1607)
Cape Air
airline
1999 Martha's Vineyard plane crash
On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. died when the light aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Kennedy's wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette, were also on board and died. The Piper Saratoga departed from New Jersey's Essex County Airport; its intended route was along the coastline of Connecticut and across Rhode Island Sound to Martha's Vineyard Airport.
Spray
ship used in Joshua Slocum's solo circumnavigation in the late 19th century
Martha's Vineyard Airport
airport
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
village sign language used in Massachusetts
Nomans Land
island in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States
praying town
settlement established in New England
Grey's raid
British raid in Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War