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Explorers Corte Real and the Portuguese in New England
The text links Gaspar and Miguel Corte Real to early Portuguese activity in North Atlantic exploration, naming Dighton Rock with their coats of arms and suggesting long stay in Taunton and Narragansett. It argues Newport Tower and city symbols reflect Portuguese influence, and calls for excavations near Dighton Rock.
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Foundland
Columbus
Antiles
Corte Real
Terceira
Azores
North Atlantic
Lavrador
Labrador
Lisbon
Gaspar Corte Real
Terra Dos Bacalhaus
Land of
Gaspar
Miguel Corte Real
Portugal
Miguel
Order of Christ
New England
Portuguese Futhermore
Henry the Navigator
Christ
Rock
Taunton
Narragansett
Italy
Greece
Middle East
Dighton Rock
City of
Newport
Touro Park