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Bermudan History
The first appearance of Bermuda in the historical record is in 1511, when
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera mentions the islands in his book, Legatio Babylonica.
It is likely that the islands were discovered a few years earlier at the very
beginning of the 16th century, but the exact date is unknown.
Later in the century, both Spanish and Portuguese ships are believed to have
regularly stopped at the islands to replenish their supplies of food and water,
and there was even an attempt to establish a breeding stock of hogs on the islands.
A Portuguese ship is also believed to have become stuck in the islands' reefs, and the sailors
had to build a new hull of Bermudan cedar before leaving the islands - leaving the initials "RP 1543"
carved on what subsequently became known as "Spanish Rock".
The first permanent colonization of Bermuda took place in 1609, when the English ship, Sea Venture,
was wrecked off the coast of the islands. The islands were claimed for the English crown, and initially
associated with Virginia,
an association which is till recorded today in many place names in
Virginia.
In the next centuries, despite attempts to agriculture (principally tobacco) in Bermuda, the islands.
Sailors from Bermuda were active in whaling, privateering, and even the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), as
well as the salt trade.
After the American Revolution (1775 to 1783), also became the Royal Navy's main base in the western
hemisphere, and gained the nickname "Gibraltar of the West".
In the 20th century, Bermudans served with British forces during both World Wars, and their sacrifices
are remembered by the Cenotaph memorial in front of the Cabinet Building in
Hamilton.
The Royal Navy base on the island was closed in the 1950s, except for a small supply base which lasted
until 1995.
Thus, today, the Royal Naval Dockyard
is now simply a tourist attraction - in fact one of the most popular
tourist attractions in Bermuda, incorporating shops,
restaurants, an arts center, and crafts market, as well as the
Bermuda Maritime Museum.
Today, Bermuda is highly prosperous with an economy based on financial services
and tourism. The islands' Progresive Labour Party supports independence from
UK, but Bermudan voters
rejected independence in a referendum on the issue in
in 1995, and polls
indicate that opinion is largely unchanged since that time. As a result,
Bermuda remains a
British Overseas Territory, albeit with a very high degree of local autonomy
(the UK retains responsibility only for defense,
and foreign affairs, as well as ultimately ensuring good governance).
Here are some books about the history of
Bermuda:
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By Jarvis, Michael
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In an exploration of the oceanic connections of the Atlantic world, Michael J. Jarvis recovers a mariner's view of early America as seen through the eyes of Bermuda's seafarers. The first social history of eighteenth-century Bermuda, this book profiles how one especially intensive maritime community capitalized on its position "in the eye of all trade."
Jarvis takes readers aboard small Bermudian sloops and follows white and enslaved sailors as they shuttled cargoes between ports, raked salt, harvested timber, salvaged shipwrecks, hunted whales, captured prizes, and smuggled contraband in an expansive maritime sphere spanning Great Britain's North American and Caribbean colonies. In doing so, he shows how humble sailors and seafaring slaves operating small family-owned vessels were significant but underappreciated agents of Atlantic integration.
The American Revolution starkly revealed the extent of British America's integration before 1775 as it shattered interregional links that Bermudians had helped to forge. Reliant on North America for food and customers, Bermudians faced disaster at the conflict's start. A bold act of treason enabled islanders to continue trade with their rebellious neighbors and helped them to survive and even prosper in an Atlantic world at war. Ultimately, however, the creation of the United States ended Bermuda's economic independence and doomed the island's maritime economy. |
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By Theodore L. Godet
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By William Sears Zuill
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This small group of islands in the Western Atlantic was formed by volcanic eruption 100 million years ago, but it was uninhabited until the early 16th century. Its story only begins 400 years ago when the thankful survivors of the "Sea Venture" staggered ashore to form the basis of the first settlement. This book chronicles the lives of the Bermudian people throught the excitements of ships and salt, from privateers and blockade-running in the earlier days to the more sedate present-day occupations of one of the world's most attractive tourist and business centres. Of major importance has been the island's unique geographical position which has more than once made Bermuda a place of great strategic value. |
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By Quito Swan
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A transnational, pan-African youth movement, Black Power in Bermuda sought freedom for Blacks from the island’s White oligarchy and independence from British colonialism. It was spearheaded by activists such as Pauulu Kamarakafego and the Black Beret Cadre. The Cadre maintained relationships with revolutionary organizations across the African Diaspora, such as the Black Panthers. Emerging in the late 1960s, the Movement witnessed the assassinations of Bermuda’s British Chief of Police and Governor (1972-1973). Swan carefully details the island’s colonial government’s attempts to destroy the Movement through military tactics, extensive propaganda, and the implementation of token social concessions. |
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By Angelo Heilprin
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By Icon Group International
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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Bermuda," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Bermuda in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Bermuda when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Bermuda, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. |
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By Henry Campbell Wilkinson
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