Juan de Bermúdez

Juan Bermúdez
Juan Bermúdez
Born	Juan Bermúdez; ????; Palos de la Frontera, Province of Huelva, Crown of Castile
Died	1570; unknown
Nationality	Castilian
Occupation	Navigator

Juan de Bermúdez (/bɜːrˈmjuːdɛz/; Spanish: [berˈmuðeθ]; d. 1570) was a Spanish navigator of the 16th century. In 1505, while sailing back to Spain from a provisioning voyage to Hispaniola in the ship La Garça (or Garza), he discovered Bermuda, 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 was born in Palos around 1449, and made 11 registered trips to the New World from 1495 to 1519.^[2]

References

^ ^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 Bermudez. Madrid: Instituto Historico De Marina. p. 9,11.

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[Morison1974-1] Morison, Samuel (1974). The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages, 1492–1616. New York: Oxford University Press.

[2] Barreiro-Meiro, Roberto (1970). Las Islas Bermudas Y Juan Bermudez. Madrid: Instituto Historico De Marina. p. 9,11.

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