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"Captain John Smith, exploring the shores of the region in 1614, named the region "New England"[14] in his account of two voyages there, published as A Description of New England.

The name "New England" was officially sanctioned on November 3, 1620,[16] when the charter of the Virginia Company of Plymouth was replaced by a royal charter for the Plymouth Council for New England, a joint stock company established to colonize and govern the region."

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