Sighted Cape Cod by Mayflower

Date: November 19, 1620 • Location: South Yarmouth, United States

The Mayflower (depicted), which brought the Pilgrims from England to the New World, sighted Cape Cod.

Mayflower was an English square-rigged merchant sailing ship, active from before 1609 until 1622. Her tonnage was 180+, and she was 110 feet long and 25 feet in the beam, with several decks. She was notable in that she transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620.