In 1623, the English naval captain Christopher Levett, exploring the New England coast, wrote: "The first place I set my foote upon in New England was the Isle of Shoals, being Ilands in the sea, above two Leagues from the Mayne."
Ένα χρόνο αργότερα, το 1613, ο Άγγλος πλοίαρχος Κρίστοφερ Λέβετ, εξερευνώντας την ακτή της Νέας Αγγλίας, έγραψε: «The first place I set my foote upon in New England was the Isle of Shoals, being Ilands in the sea, above two Leagues from the Mayne.»