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Choosing a Site for the New Settlement

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"Map of Tribes and villages, 1608, based upon Captain John Smith's map, with additions from the John White map of 1585/6, tribes and villages, 1620-1837," taken from "Nanticoke and Neighboring Tribes" by Christian F. Feest in the Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 15, Northeast, 1978, pp. ix, 241.

After Calvert and his passengers left St. Clement's Island, they went looking for a place to build a settlement. Examine the map and answer Question #3 on your Worksheet.

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