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The Spaniards visited the islands in 1515, but, according to a 17th-century French cartographer, they were discovered in 1503 by Juan Bermudes, after whom they were named. No settlement was made, and they were uninhabited until a party of colonists under Sir George Somers was wrecked there in 1609. A company was formed for the ‘Plantation of the Somers’ Islands’, as they were called at first, and in 1684 the Crown took over the government.
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Further Reading
Government Statistical Department. Bermuda Facts and Figures, 1991
Report of the Manpower Survey 1991. Hamilton, 1991
Bermuda Report, Second Edition 1985–88. Hamilton, 1988
Hayward, S. J., et al., Bermuda’s Delicate Balance: People and the Environment. Hamilton, 1981
Zuill, W. S., The Story of Bermuda and Her People. 2nd ed. London, 1992
National library: The Bermuda Library, Hamilton. Head Librarian: Cyril O. Packwood.
National statistical office: Government Statistical Department, Hamilton.
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Hunter, B. (1993). Bermuda. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271227_21
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