Dorchester Company fishing outpost

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The Dorchester Company fishing outpost was an early 17th-century English colonial settlement and fishing station in what became Gloucester, Massachusetts, established by the Dorchester Company as part of its North Atlantic fisheries enterprise.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf English colonial settlement in North America
colonial settlement
fishing station
colonialPower England
continent North America
country Kingdom of England
establishedInPeriod early 1600s
ethnicGroup English colonists
foundedBy Dorchester Company
hasHistoricalRole early English fishing station in New England
precursor to permanent English settlement at Gloucester
hasHistoricalSignificance example of early 17th-century English commercial colonization
illustrates role of fisheries in early New England colonization
industry North Atlantic cod fishery
fishing
languageOfSettlers English
locatedIn Cape Ann
Gloucester
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay region
New England
North America
Thirteen Colonies
locatedInPresentDay Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
locatedNear Massachusetts Bay
locatedOn Atlantic coast of North America
operatedBy Dorchester Company
partOf Atlantic fish trade
English colonization of New England
early English settlements in Massachusetts
purpose North Atlantic fisheries enterprise
cod fishing
drying and curing fish for export
regionServed North Atlantic fisheries
startTime early 17th century
usedFor seasonal fishing operations
shore-based processing of fish

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Gloucester
foundedAs

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