Neither Spain nor Portugal attempted to settle it. With its frequent storm-wracked conditions and dangerous reefs, the archipelago became known as the "Isle of Devils". Legends arose of spirits and devils, now thought to have stemmed from the calls of raucous birds (most likely the Bermuda petrel, or cahow) and loud nocturnal noises from wild hogs. Shipwrecked Portuguese mariners are now thought to have been responsible for the 1543 inscription on Portuguese Rock, previously called Spanish Rock. Both Spanish and Portuguese ships used the islands as a replenishment spot to take on fresh meat and water. It was mentioned in Legatio Babylonica, published in 1511 by historian Pedro Mártir de Anglería, and was included on Spanish charts of that year. Bermuda had no indigenous population when it was discovered, nor during initial British settlement a century later. (The name ultimately is therefore from the Visigothic name "Bermund" or "Veremund".)įirst map of the islands of Bermuda in 1511, made by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera in his book Legatio Babylonicaīermuda was discovered in the early 1500s by Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez.
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