Bartholomew Gosnold is a man of many titles: lawyer, privateer, explorer, and a crucial player in the colonization of Virginia. He studied at University of Cambridge and went on to study law afterwards. At 30 years old Gosnold began his age of exploration while sailing to the new world with famous explorer Walter Raleigh.
On this day May 15th, in 1602, Bartholomew Gosnold discovers Cape Cod. Cape Cod is a cape off of Massachusetts, in layman’s terms, it’s on the coast of Massachusetts and borders the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Cod is a barrier island in that it blocks incoming tides from reaching the land behind it. Artificial barrier islands have been made for this reason, and to keep waters more calm.
Geologists have said that in 1000 years Cape Cod will be submerged by water because of coastal erosion, but don’t hold your breath because that’s a long time from now. Coastal Erosion is caused by the constant water running across land, and the amazing fact is that rock (hard) can be eroded by water (liquid) over thousands of years.