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Bermuda: Ships
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Bermuda is a favorite, if challenging destination for off-shore yacht crews. Crossing from the US mainland or the Azores can take up to 3 weeks in the notorious calm of summer. The rest of the year there might be too much wind: nor'easters to hurricanes. Another hazard: lots of floating debris from sunken ships and the hurricanes of the the last few years. Within a 200 nm radius from Bermuda collisions with solid objects are frequent and often deadly.
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The Origins of Bermuda lie in the town of St. George, where the original shipwrecked settlers landed in 1609, and where the first community was established following the official colonization in 1612. The name derives partly from the patron saint of England, but ... from Admiral Sir George Somers, the colonies founding father. In addition to being packed with historical significance due to the fact that it was the capital until 1815, it is one of the best-preserved historical cities. St. Peter’s church is the oldest continuously used church in the Western Hemisphere.
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Most of the survivors of the Sea Venture had carried on to Jamestown in 1610 aboard two Bermuda-built ships. Among these was John Rolfe, who left a wife and child buried in Bermuda, but in Jamestown would marry Pocahontas, a daughter of Powhatan. Rolfe was ... single-handedly responsible for beginning Virginia's tobacco industry (the economic basis of the Colony had been intended to be lumber). Intentional settlement of Bermuda began with the arrival of the Plough, in 1612.
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