Navigator & Explorer: born c. 1450, died c. 1520
Juan de Bermúdez was a Spanish navigator of the 16th century, and the namesake for the island country Bermuda.
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Juan de Bermúdez (/bɜːrˈmjuːdɛz/; Spanish: [beɾˈmuðeθ]; born c. 1450, died c. 1520)[1] was a Spanish navigator of the 16th century, and the namesake for the island country Bermuda.
Early life
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Juan Bermúdez was born in Palos de la Frontera, Province of Huelva, Crown of Castile.
Voyages
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In 1505, while sailing back to Spain from a provisioning voyage to Hispaniola in the ship La Garça, 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.[2] 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.[2]
Bermúdez made 11 registered trips to the New World from 1495 to 1519.[3]
References
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- ^ “Juan de Bermúdez, el onubense que dio nombre a las famosas Islas Bermudas”. Huelva buenas noticias. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ Jump up to: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.
source. en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Juan_de_Bermudez 14.12.24
Juan de Bermudez, a Spanish explorer, made two recorded trips to Bermuda:
1. 1503:
- Reason: Exploration and mapping of the New World.
- Outcome: Discovered and named the islands of Bermuda.
- Details: While sailing from Hispaniola to Spain, Bermudez encountered a group of islands previously unknown to Europeans. He named them after himself, and they were later depicted on a map by Peter Martyr in 1511.
2. 1515:
- Reason: To leave a mark of Spanish presence and potentially claim the islands for Spain.
- Outcome: Released pigs onto the islands.
- Details: Bermudez returned to Bermuda and released a dozen pigs onto the islands. This act served a dual purpose:
- Provisioning for future shipwrecked sailors: The pigs would provide a food source for anyone who might be stranded on the islands.
- Territorial claim: Leaving livestock was a common practice by European explorers to assert their presence and claim ownership of newly discovered lands.
It’s important to note that there might have been other unrecorded voyages by Bermudez to Bermuda. However, these two trips are the only ones documented in historical records.
