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Juan de Bermúdez

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Full Name
  
Juan Bermudez

Religion
  
Roman Catholic

Nationality
  
Castilian

Name
  
Juan Bermudez


Ethnicity
  
Spanish

Role
  
Navigator

Occupation
  
Navigator

Died
  
1570

Born
  
unknown
Palos de la Frontera, Province of Huelva, Crown of Castile

Juan de Bermúdez (/bɜːrˈmjuːdɛz/; [berˈmuðeθ]; d. 1570) was a Spanish navigator of the 16th century. In 1505, while sailing back to Spain from a provisioning voyage to Hispaniola in the ship La Garça (or Garza), he discovered Bermuda, which was later named after him. 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. Bermúdez was born in Palos ca. 1449, and this is based on his own testimony as he was about 65 years old in 1515 when declaring in the hearings between the Spanish Crown and the Columbus family.

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