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Bermudas, first English in the.
Henry May, an English mariner, returning from a voyage to the West Indies in a French ship, was wrecked (Dec. 17, 1593) on one of the islands.
He and his companions in distress remained there five months, when they rigged a small vessel of 18 tons from the material of the ship, put in thirteen live turtles for provisions, sailed to Newfoundland, and thence returned to England.
These islands were named in honor of Juan Bermudez, a Spaniard, who was wrecked there in 1522.
May was the first Englishman who set foot upon them.
See Somers's Islands.
Somers Isles,
A name given to the Bermudas, in compliment to Sir George Somers, one of the commissioners for Virginia, who was wrecked there in 1609.
These islands received their present name in honor of Juan Bermudez, a Spaniard, who was wrecked upon one of them in 1522.
In 1614 the islands were settled under a charter given by King James and called Somers Isles.
In 1640 a regular government was established there.
Sir George Somers was sent there in 1610 by Lord Delaware for provisions; but, by tempests, the ship was driven northward and finally returned to Virginia.
Thence he sailed again, and, after boisterous weather and great fatigue, reached the Bermudas, where he died in 1611.
On the spot where he died the town of St. George was built.
His heart and entrails were buried in Bermuda and his body was sent to England.
In 1620 the governor of Bermuda caused a large marble slab to be laid over the portion of his remains buried there, upon which was cut an epitaph, writ