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Bermuda Reef Explorer

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Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda Reef Explorer
Bermuda was originally discovered in 1503 by Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez. In 1609, the English Virginia Company, which had established Jamestown in Virginia two years earlier, permanently settled Bermuda in the aftermath of a hurricane, when the crew and passengers of the Sea Venture steered the ship onto the surrounding reef to prevent it from sinking, then landed ashore. Bermuda's first capital, St. George's, was established in 1612.The Virginia Company administered the island as an extension of Virginia until 1614; its spin-off, the Somers Isles Company, took over in 1615 and managed the island until 1684, when the Company's charter was revoked and Bermuda became an English Crown Colony. Following the 1707 unification of the parliaments of Scotland and England, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain, the islands of Bermuda became a British Crown Colony. When Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949, Bermuda became the oldest remaining British colony. It has been the most populous remaining dependent territory since the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. Bermuda became known as a British Overseas Territory in 2002, as a result of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
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