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Bermuda

	Bermuda

English	Bermuda - Bermuda Bermuda (also known as Bermuda Islands) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the► United States, it is situated around 1,100 miles northeast of Miami, Florida and 840 miles south-east of Halifax, Nova Scotia,► Canada. It lies to the north of the► Bahamas.

Short name	Bermuda
Official name	Bermuda
Status	► British overseas territory, British (English) since 1610
Location	Atlantic Ocean
Capital	Hamilton
Population	64,054 inhabitants
Area	53.3 km²
Major language(s)	English
Major religion(s)	Protestantism, Roman Catholicism
More information	Bermuda,Geography of Bermuda,History of Bermuda andPolitics of Bermuda
More images	Bermuda -Bermuda (Category).

General maps

CIA WFB map of Bermuda

Topograhic map of Bermuda

Parishes of Bermuda

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Bermuda, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Bermuda.

The Spanish explorer Juan de Bermudez discovers the island ca. 1512. For the next century it is a hazard to shipping, called theIsle of Devils. No one settles, though many are wrecked. In 1609, theLondon Company of Virginia's flagship, theSea Venture is wrecked on Bermuda, beginning the permanent settlement of the archipelago byEngland. The islands are also named theSomers Isles, after the Admiral of the Virginia Company, SirGeorge Somers. The Charter of the Virginia Company is extended to officially include Bermuda within Virginia's boundaries, and a Governor and more settlers arrive in 1612. TheParliament of Bermuda holds its first session in 1620, and Bermuda is largelly self-governed and self-reliant thereafter. TheSomers Isles Company, a spin-off of the Virginia Company which had overseen the colony from 1615, was dissolved in 1684, with the Crown taking over responsibility for appointing governors. The constitution of 1968 introduced an appointed upper house, theSenate of Bermuda, to the colony's parliament, universal adult suffrage, and party politics, with a Westminster-style government and opposition.

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

1624 Map ofBermuda, with illustrations of fortifications and importand sites, includingSt. George's, Bermuda (the town), theState House, Bermuda, and theCastle Islands Fortifications, Bermuda.

Map of Bermuda by Captain John Smith (1614)

1676 map by John Speed

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