The Mayflower was originally meant to land at the mouth of the Hudson River, near present-day New York City (part of what was then called the Virginia Colony), but was blown off course and dropped anchor in the hook of Cape Cod Bay. There they named Plymouth rock and the settlement, current-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. (The Mayflower Compact was drawn up because they did not actually have the right to settle there, not being where they had intended.)