Keywords: Portuguese coin
Item 100333
Portuguese coin, Portland, 1752
Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: 1752 Location: Portland Media: Copper
Item 105073
Portuguese 100 Reis coin, John IV, Castine, ca. 1649
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1649 Location: Castine Media: Silver
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"No doubt the Portuguese explorer Estevao Gomes in 1525 and perhaps before him, the Vikings, noted the same remarkable features: a deep river that…"
