Bermuda Islands named for who?

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Bermuda Islands named for who?

Answer 1

I suppose who's history books your raed or get published to wiki or what not Chcek this out:

Admiral Sir George Somers colonized Bermuda for Britain

He brought the first settlers in 1609 and these islands were named after him.

http://bermuda-online.org/sirgeorgesomers.htm

Hence the name Bermuda the Isle of Somers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_Sir_George_Somers



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Bermuda takes its name from the Spanish sea captain Juan de Bermúdez, who sighted the uninhabited islands either in 1503 or 1515. The Spanish did not claim the islands, but they soon became an important navigational landmark for galleons crossing the Atlantic between Spain and the New World. Since Bermuda is surrounded by dangerous reefs, nautical misadventures cast the Spanish ashore on several occasions and littered the sea bed with enough booty for some people to consider scuba diving in Bermuda more than a recreational sport.



In 1609 Admiral Sir George Somers was en route from England with supplies for the recent British settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, when his ship, Sea Venture, was wrecked off Bermuda. Finding it a rather pleasant place to be washed up, the admiral built replacement ships of fine Bermuda cedar, sailed off and left a couple of men behind to establish a British claim to the islands. The experience of these temporary British castaways is thought to have inspired Shakespeare to write The Tempest. Somers returned to Bermuda later that same year but died soon after arrival. The British renamed Bermuda the Somers Islands in honor of the admiral, but the name failed to stick.

http://www.bermuda-island.net/INTRODUCTION/History.php

Answer 2

Juan de Bermúdez

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Juan de Bermúdez (ber-'moo-deth, -des) was a Spanish navigator of the 16th century. His fame is chiefly due to his discovery of the Bermuda Islands which are named in his honor. He died in 1570.

It is unclear what year Bermúdez discovered the islands, although it was before the 1511 publication of a map in the Legatio Babylonica that included "La Bermuda" among the Atlantic islands. However, Bermuda commemorated the 500th anniversary of its sighting in 2003.)