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Although ‘La Bermuda’ appeared on a map of the world as early as
1511, it was known to early explorers as ‘The Isle of Devils’. Many a
Spanish galleon plying the routes from Cartagena to Cadiz foundered
upon the reefs surrounding Bermuda. Survivors brought home tales
of terror, shrieking phantasms and mysterious storms.

Bermuda was eventually settled by a fortuitous accident. The Sea coNteNtS
Venture, bound for the struggling colony Jamestown, Virginia, under
the command of Admiral Sir George Somers, wrecked here in 1609 in
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“a dreadful storme…an Hell of Darkness”, wrote a member of the Sea
Venture in his diary. The shipwrecked adventurers found Bermuda
anything but forbidding. Eventually, most of them pressed on to 6 EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Virginia, but for Bermuda it was the beginning of settlement.
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Bermuda is a sub-tropical archipelago warmed by the Gulf Stream.
Legend has it that there are 365 islands, one for each day of the year, 1 2 THE ULTIMATE SPA
but in truth it is comprised of 181 named islands, islets and rocks. It has
been a destination for the pleasure bound ever since Princess Louise 1 5 BLUSHING BEACHES

set foot here over a century ago. Bermuda lies just 650 miles o— the

coast of North Carolina and is easily reached in two hours from the 1 7 TRANSPORTATION
East Coast cities of New York, Boston, Washington D.C. and Charlotte,
NC. It is two and a half hours from Atlanta and Toronto and seven 8
hours from London, England. 1 ACCOMMODATION/MAP

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American humorist Mark Twain, a frequent 1 WATERSPORTS
visitor to Bermuda, may have been
correct when he 2 4 SHOPPING AROUND
claimed that it was
the “right country for a 2 6
jaded man to loaf in”. It TASTE OF BERMUDA

would take great deter–
mination, however, to 3 1 PICTURE PERFECT WEDDINGS
resist all there is to do
in Bermuda. 3 5 DESTINATION HONEYMOON

To find out more about one of the
world’s most exclusive destina-
tions, please call 1.800.bermuda.
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