Picture No | 10028920 |
Date | July 1609 |
Description | BERMUDA - Somers wreck |
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Sir George Somers discovers the Bermudas the hard way, by being wrecked there, whereupon he takes possession of them on behalf of Britain, inspiring Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'
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Source | R Caton Woodville in the Illustrated London News 13 June 1903, page 903 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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