On January 8th 1620/1621, Francis Billington mistakenly thought he had discovered "a great sea" or the Pacific Ocean when in fact it was just a small pond. In this brief narration by Plymouth Historian Jim Baker, Jim explains how this pond in Plymouth, MA, got to be known as "The Billington Sea." "Francis Billington, having seen from the top of a tree on a high hill a great sea as he thought, went with one of the master’s mates to see it. They went three miles and then came to a great water, div
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