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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 is an archipelago consisting of 181 islands, although the most significant islands are connected by bridges and appear to form one landmass. It has a land area of 54 square kilometres (21 sq mi). Bermuda has a tropical climate, with warm winters and hot summers.
Bermudez or the accented Bermúdez is a Spanish patronymic surname of Germanic origin, [1] meaning "son of Bermudo". The surname itself is ancient Germanic ber- 'bear' + mōd- 'courage'. Some people that have the surname include: A. J. Bermudez, American author and screenwriter; Adolfo Bermudez, American professional wrestler
Outerbridge is an English surname derived from the village of Oughtibridge in Bradfield, South Yorkshire. [1] It is also used as a given name. Outerbridge is the surname of a family in Bermuda, present there since 1620, and described by Time magazine as "among the oldest and most eminent" on the island and "distinguished and numerous". [2]
In 1505, while sailing back to Spain from a provisioning voyage to Hispaniola in the ship La Garça, he discovered Bermuda (historically rendered by various authors as la Bermuda (Peter Martyr d'Anghiera on his map of 1511), Barmvdas or Bermudas (Sylvester Jordain in A DISCOVERY OF THE BARMVDAS, OTHERWISE called the Ile of DIVELS, London, 1610), Bermoodos (John Jacob Berlu in The Treasury of ...
The history of the modern Bermuda Gold Cup event dates back to the very beginning of the match racing style of sailing. The first 'match race' in a one-design racing yacht, i.e. technically identical boats, was the King Edward VII Gold Cup [23] in Bermuda (now known as the Argo Gold Cup) that was first sailed in 1937. The Argo Gold Cup is still ...
The first Europeans to discover Bermuda were Spanish explorers. Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez discovered the island in the early 1500s. [5] [6] The White population of Bermuda made up the entirety of the Bermuda's population, other than a black and an Indian slave brought in for a very short-lived pearl fishery in 1616, [7] from settlement (which began accidentally in 1609 with the wreck ...
After George Washington, [104] whose surname was in turn derived from the town of Washington in historic County Durham, England. [105] [106] The etymology of the town's name is disputed, but agreed to be ultimately Old English. West Virginia: September 1, 1831: Latin: Virginia