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First map of the islands of Bermuda in 1511, made by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera in his book Legatio Babylonica
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Bermuda was discovered in the early 1500s by Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez.

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Bermuda

United Kingdom

Area
54 km²
Location
United Kingdom
64th largest island in the world

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the US state of North Carolina, about 1,035 km (643 mi) to the west-northwest.

From the “Human history” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Pedro Mártir de Anglería · Public Domain

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First map of the islands of Bermuda in 1511, made by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera in his book Legatio Babylonica
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The Bermuda petrel, or cahow, was rediscovered in 1951 after being thought extinct since the 1620s.

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Bermuda

United Kingdom

Area
54 km²
Location
United Kingdom
64th largest island in the world

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the US state of North Carolina, about 1,035 km (643 mi) to the west-northwest.

From the “Geography” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Pedro Mártir de Anglería · Public Domain

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First map of the islands of Bermuda in 1511, made by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera in his book Legatio Babylonica
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Bermuda's coastline is 103 km (64 mi) long.

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Bermuda

United Kingdom

Area
54 km²
Location
United Kingdom
64th largest island in the world

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the US state of North Carolina, about 1,035 km (643 mi) to the west-northwest.

From the “Geography” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Pedro Mártir de Anglería · Public Domain

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First map of the islands of Bermuda in 1511, made by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera in his book Legatio Babylonica
island

Somerset Bridge is the world's smallest drawbridge with just a 32-inch gap.

Bermuda
United Kingdom
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Bermuda

United Kingdom

Area
54 km²
Location
United Kingdom
64th largest island in the world

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the US state of North Carolina, about 1,035 km (643 mi) to the west-northwest.

From the “Geography” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Pedro Mártir de Anglería · Public Domain

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First map of the islands of Bermuda in 1511, made by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera in his book Legatio Babylonica
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The Bermuda Gazette, Bermuda's first newspaper, began publishing in 1784.

Bermuda
United Kingdom
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Bermuda

United Kingdom

Area
54 km²
Location
United Kingdom
64th largest island in the world

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the US state of North Carolina, about 1,035 km (643 mi) to the west-northwest.

From the “Human history” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Pedro Mártir de Anglería · Public Domain

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