Thomas King Inscription
Thomas King Inscription | |
| Nearest city | Cushing, Maine |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1605 |
| Built by | King, Thomas |
| NRHP reference No. | 79000152[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 7, 1979 |
The Thomas King Inscription is an artifact of the early exploration of the coast of the U.S. state of Maine. It consists of the carving by Thomas King of his name and the year 1605 on a rock above the tide line in Davis Cove, an inlet on the southern coastline of Cushing, Maine.[2][3] King was a boatswain on the 1605 expedition of George Weymouth, which explored the area in search of the Northwest Passage to India.
The inscription site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Timeline of history". Town of Cushing. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Weidensaul, Scott (2012). The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 16. ISBN 9780151015153.
