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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 (fully The Somers Isles or Islands of Bermuda) had been settled by the London Company (which had been in occupation of the archipelago since the 1609 wreck of the Sea Venture) in 1612, when it received its Third Royal Charter from King James I, amending the boundaries of the First Colony of Virginia far enough across the Atlantic to ...
Name Image Coordinates Parish Note; Agar's Island: Pembroke: In Great Sound.Was owned by billionaire James Martin, and was historically a secret munitions store, part of the Bermuda Garrison of the British Army.
The island covers 703 acres (284.5 hectares), and is one of the six principal islands of Bermuda. Originally called King's Island , it was the first part of Bermuda to be extensively colonised, and the town of St. George's contains many of the territory's oldest buildings.
Bermuda's early literary history was largely limited to non-Bermudian writers commenting on the island. These included John Smith's The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), and Edmund Waller's poem, Battle of the Summer Islands (1645).
History. 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 ...
Bermuda (officially, The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean.Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1,770 km (1,100 mi) northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1,350 km (840 mi) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, west of Portugal, northwest of Brazil, 1,759 km (1,093 mi) north of Havana, Cuba and ...
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