Bermuda... first settled 400 years ago today

[albatrossumi]

Four hundred years ago today, on July 28, 1609, the island of Bermuda was first settled by survivors of an English shipwreck.

From the Daily Express:

TEN THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT... BERMUDA

1. The ship was the Sea Venture, which was part of a flotilla under Admiral Sir George Somers, sent to relieve the colony at Jamestown, Virginia.

2. Bermuda was

Comments

[suzan_s]

Interesting post. They have "no rivers or freshwater lakes" but surely springs, right...how do they get drinking water?

[albatrossumi]

Water? They probably just drink gin and tonics.

[sanba38]

Surfing through more or less randomly.

From Tucker, Terry Bermuda: Today & Yesterday (1503-1973) Hey! It's autographed

[albatrossumi]

Very interesting. Thanks for that.