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Map of the island of Bermuda. Bermuda was first documented by a European in 1503 by Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez.In 1609, the English Virginia Company, which had established Jamestown in Virginia two years earlier, permanently settled Bermuda in the aftermath of a hurricane, when the crew and passengers of Sea Venture steered the ship onto the surrounding reef to prevent it from sinking ...
Bermuda consists of over 150 limestone islands, but especially five main islands, along the southern margin of the Bermuda Platform, one of three topographic highs found on the Bermuda Pedestal. This Bermuda Pedestal sits atop the Bermuda Rise, a mid-basin swell surrounded by abyssal plains. The Bermuda Pedestal is one of four topographic highs ...
Bermuda: Oldest continuously inhabited English established settlement in the Americas. 1612 Neiva: Huila: Colombia 1613 Penedo: Alagoas: Brazil 1613 Hopewell: Virginia: United States Oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in North America. Founded in 1613 as Bermuda City by Thomas Dale. 1614: Albany, New York: New York: United States
St. George's (formally the Town of St. George or St. George's Town), located on the island and within the parish of the same names (and on the northern side of St. George's Harbour), settled in 1612, is the first permanent English (and later British) settlement on the islands of Bermuda.
The Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications is the name used by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee to identify collectively as a World Heritage Site St. George's Town, founded in 1612 (following the 1609 wreck on Bermuda's reefs of the Sea Venture), and a range of fortifications, batteries, and magazines built ...
A group of explorers who hunt for ship wrecks for fun got a bit of a surprise on their last adventure. They didn't find a ship wreck. They found a plane wreck and solved a decades-old mystery in ...
Bermuda's role in the War of 1812, chronicles Bermuda's little-known role in the American War of 1812; Economy and business. Association of Bermuda International Companies. Media. US Department of State Post Report for Bermuda. Bermuda Sun, a twice-weekly newspaper. The Royal Gazette, a daily newspaper, published since 1828. Travel and transport
Jamaica Bay is quietly earning a reputation as the Big Apple’s version of the Bermuda Triangle -- with at least eight dead bodies discovered in and around the area over the past year, some under ...