Cuttyhunk Island

Cuttyhunk Island was discovered by Bartholomew Gosnold (the Town is actually called Gosnold) in the year 1602, it is the most westerly of the thirteen Elizabeth Islands that stretch westward from the elbow of the Cape. It sits fourteen miles off the coast of the historic whaling port of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Gosnold's account of his island discoveries in the New World (he also named Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard) is said to have served as the basis for Shakepeare's play The Tempest.