Juli,
The reason can be summed up in one word. Whaling.
There is a very large Portuguese population throughout the fall River, New
Bedford, Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard area. Most was due to
the fishing and whaling fleets.
Gary M. Sinclair
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