The coat of arms of Bermuda features a representation of the Sea Venture wreck. The Sea Venture was purpose built to carry colonists from Europe to the New World, specifically to Virginia as it was built by order of the Virginia Company, the company attempting to colonize Virginia at Roanoke and Jamestown.
In fact, Sea Venture was the first ship ever built specifically for the mission of carrying colonists. Launched in , it is believed that the ill-fated voyage that brought the ship to Bermuda was its maiden voyage and its last. She was armed with 8 X 9 pounder guns, 8 X 5 pounder guns, and 4 X 3 pounder guns called Falcons , as well as having 4 arquebus-type muskets.
Unfortunately for the colonists at Jamestown, Virginia, the Sea Venture was the largest ship in a fleet of 7 vessels intended to resupply the starving colony with fresh people, equipment, and food.
The failure of Sea Venture to arrive with much needed people and supplies almost cost the lives of everyone at Jamestown. Although the colonists at Jamestown were having their problems, the problems aboard Sea Venture were just as pressing. The newness of the timbers used in the construction of the ship meant the insufficiently seasoned wood allowed water to seep through the caulking between timbers.
Despite throwing many of their cannons overboard, the ship continued to take on water, leading to the decision to run her aground to avoid losing the ship and all hands. The stalwart shipwrecked crew and passengers of the Sea Venture dismantled their wrecked ship and using local timber, constructed 2 new small vessels, equipping the new boats Pinnaces with the rigging from Sea Venture. The longboat from Sea Venture had survived and was fitted for a sail.
This boat was sent to find Virginia but was never seen again after it departed Bermuda. These beleaguered would be colonists were anxious to sail back to England, and with the 2 pinnaces made from the Sea Venture and a third vessel called The Virginia that had been constructed at the Popham Colony in what is now Maine a year or 2 earlier.
These 3 small vessels carrying the old and new colonists left Jamestown but ran into a rescue and resupply mission before reaching open seas and returned to the Jamestown Colony. The wreck of the Sea Venture was found in Some people believe the saga of the Sea Venture was the inspiration for the Shakespeare play, The Tempest.
The shipwrecked people from the Sea Venture had been marooned on Bermuda for 9 or 10 months before leaving on their little ships, claiming sovereignty of the island for England. An interesting historical note is that John Rolfe was among those shipwrecked people, losing his wife and child to illness while on Bermuda.
Those 2 unfortunates are buried on the island, and Rolfe went on to Jamestown where he became famous as the European husband of the Native American Princess, Pocahontas. By , the English began the permanent settlement of Bermuda that remains British to this day.
The available cuisine reflects a rich and diverse history where Caribbean, Portuguese and English cuisine is blended to create some mouth-watering dishes. Many bars and restaurants have their own spin on this iconic beverage. What really sets the stunning coasts of Bermuda apart from others is that the warm turquoise waters kiss pink sandy beaches.
This perfect hideaway has beach sand made from particles of rocks, minerals and skeletal remains of marine organisms - like most types of sand. These red foraminifera shells break off on to the ocean floor and the motion of the waves reduces them to specks and washes them ashore to create our infamous pink sand beaches. Hurricane season in the Atlantic usually runs from June to November, although most hurricanes occur from August-September.
Bermuda sits outside the area where hurricanes are at their most powerful and is well protected from storm surges thanks to its reefs. Buildings and roofs are typically made of concrete to withstand high winds. New York and Philadelphia have simple, direct flights to Bermuda that take less than two hours.
Boston, Washington D. There are also direct flights available from London, England, which take under seven hours. To truly understand just how popular the thoroughly modern and dynamic destination of Bermuda is, you only need to look at how many tourists visit this safe and secure haven each year - and regularly come back.
Currently, well over , people visit Bermuda annually. Although, was a record year for Bermuda tourism when , people visited our beautiful shores. Usually, the best time or the most popular visiting times from tourists to visit Bermuda is either April or May when the weather becomes more suited to sunbathing.
Some of the many activities you can take part in include:. Within three years, Bermuda became a British territory and it has remained one to this day. Bermuda's first capital, the Town of St. George, was settled in and is today the oldest continually inhabited English town in the Americas. Bermuda has long figured large in Western culture and lore.
It was originally known as the "Isle of Devils," thanks in part to its sometime stormy weather, its loud indigenous birds and its encircling treacherous ring of coral reef that bedeviled many an approaching ship. Even sailors who didn't run aground here told tales of the howling winds and birds. And of course, Bermuda is the eastern point of the notorious Bermuda triangle boarded on the east by the U.
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