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HISTORY. The islands were discovered by Juan Bermúdez, probably in 1503, from whom they take their name, but were uninhabited until a party of colonists under Sir George Somers was wrecked there in 1609. A company was formed for the ‘Plantation of the Somers’ Islands’, as they were called at first, and in 1684 the Crown took over the government.
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Government Statistical Department. Bermuda Facts and Figures. Annual.
Ministry of Finance. Bermuda Digest of Statistics. Annual.
Report of the Manpower Survey 1992. Hamilton, 1992
Hayward, S. J., et al., Bermuda’s Delicate Balance: People and the Environment. Hamilton, 1981
Zuill, W. S., The Story of Bermuda and Her People. 2nd ed. London, 1992
National library: The Bermuda Library, Hamilton.
National statistical office: Government Statistical Department, Hamilton.
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Hunter, B. (1995). Bermuda. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271241_21
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