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: [beɾˈmuðeθ]; d. 1570) was a Spanish navigator of the 16th century.

Life

Juan de Bermudez was born in Palos de la Frontera (Spain) and was in the 1492 travel of Columbus, when America was discovered.

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 made 11 registered trips to the New World from 1495 to 1519.^[2]

Juan de Bermudez died in 1570.

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 Bermúdez. Madrid: Instituto Historico De Marina. pp. 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 Bermúdez. Madrid: Instituto Historico De Marina. pp. 9, 11.

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