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'''Juan de Bermúdez''' (ber-moo'-deth) 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, and were discovered sometime before 1511, because in that year a map published in the Legatio Babylonica included "La Bermuda" among the Atlantic islands, He died in 1570. |
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| birth_place = [[Palos de la Frontera]], [[Province of Huelva]], [[Crown of Castile]] |
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| death_date = 1570 |
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| death_place = Cuba |
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| occupation = [[Navigator]] |
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'''Juan de Bermúdez''' ({{IPAc-en|b|ɜr|ˈ|m|juː|d|ɛ|z}}; {{IPA-es|beɾˈmuðeθ|lang}}; died 1570) was a Spanish [[navigator]] of the 16th century, and the namesake for the island country [[Bermuda]]. |
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In 2003, Bermuda honored its past as the island nation commemorated the 500th anniversary of Bermuda's first sighting by Spanish explorer Juan Bermúdez in 1503. |
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==Early life== |
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Juan Bermúdez was born in [[Palos de la Frontera]], [[Province of Huelva]], [[Crown of Castile]]. |
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==Voyages== |
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In 1505, while sailing back to [[Spain]] from a provisioning voyage to [[Hispaniola]] in the ship ''La Garça'' (or ''Garza''), he discovered [[Bermuda]] (historically rendered by various authors as ''la Bermuda'' (''Peter Martyr d'Anghiera'' on [[Peter Martyr map|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 Drugs Unlock'd'', London, 1690), ''Bermoothes'' ([[William Shakespeare]], borrowing the name for a fictional island in his 1611 play [[The Tempest]]), ''Bermudes'' (Henry Chatelain in the 1720 edition of his ''Atlas Historique'', Bellin of Paris in his map of 1764, and various others) which was later named after him.<ref name=Morison1974>{{cite book |
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| last = Morison |
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| first = Samuel |
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| title = The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages, 1492–1616 |
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| url = https://archive.org/details/europeandiscover00mori |
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| publisher = Oxford University Press |
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| year = 1974 |
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| location = New York |
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}}</ref> ''[[Legatio Babylonica]]'', published in 1511 by [[Peter Martyr d'Anghiera]], lists "La Bermuda" among the Atlantic islands. In 1515 he returned to Bermuda, landing a dozen pigs and sows for any unlucky mariners who might later be castaway there.<ref name=Morison1974/> |
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Bermúdez made 11 registered trips to the New World from 1495 to 1519.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Barreiro-Meiro|first1=Roberto|title=Las Islas Bermudas y Juan Bermúdez|date=1970|publisher=Instituto Historico De Marina|location=Madrid|pages=9, 11}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 16:28, 4 April 2024
Juan Bermúdez | |
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| Born | Juan Bermúdez |
| Died | 1570 Cuba |
| Nationality | Castilian |
| Occupation | Navigator |
| Known for | Discovered Bermuda and namesake of the island |
Juan de Bermúdez (/bɜːrˈmjuːdɛz/; Spanish: [beɾˈmuðeθ]; died 1570) was a Spanish navigator of the 16th century, and the namesake for the island country Bermuda.
Early life[edit]
Juan Bermúdez was born in Palos de la Frontera, Province of Huelva, Crown of Castile.
Voyages[edit]
In 1505, while sailing back to Spain from a provisioning voyage to Hispaniola in the ship La Garça (or Garza), 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 Drugs Unlock'd, London, 1690), Bermoothes (William Shakespeare, borrowing the name for a fictional island in his 1611 play The Tempest), Bermudes (Henry Chatelain in the 1720 edition of his Atlas Historique, Bellin of Paris in his map of 1764, and various others) which was later named after him.[1] Legatio Babylonica, published in 1511 by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, lists "La Bermuda" among the Atlantic islands. In 1515 he returned to Bermuda, landing a dozen pigs and sows for any unlucky mariners who might later be castaway there.[1]
Bermúdez made 11 registered trips to the New World from 1495 to 1519.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Morison, Samuel (1974). The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages, 1492–1616. New York: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Barreiro-Meiro, Roberto (1970). Las Islas Bermudas y Juan Bermúdez. Madrid: Instituto Historico De Marina. pp. 9, 11.
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