A team of divers and archaeologists discovered the 19th-century fragrance in a shipwreck off the coast of Bermuda! BY LINA ZELDOVICH JUNE 30, 2020 AFTER AN INTENSE STORM PUMMELED Bermuda in February 2011, the island’s custodian of historic wrecks Philippe Max Rouja went … Continue reading How a Long-Lost Perfume Got a 2nd Life After 150 Years Underwater in #Bermuda @AtlasObscura
By Greg Reynolds for CoinWeek In 1615 or 1616, coins were introduced in Bermuda. Although Bermuda was then called the Sommer Islands, for clarity, it is best to refer here to this place as Bermuda, as continual references to “Sommer Islands” would be distracting. Bermuda … Continue reading The 1615-16 Coins of #Bermuda : The First English Coins of North America @coinweek
Sea Venture was a seventeenth-century English sailing ship, part of the Third Supply mission to the Jamestown Colony, that was wrecked in Bermuda in 1609. She was the 300 ton purpose-built flagship of the London Company and a highly unusual vessel for her day, given that she … Continue reading The History of The Sea Venture
“Dr. Eva Hodgson is an educator, author and anti-racism activist who has been advocating for better race relations in Bermuda for nearly 80 years. As part of the 13th Annual Dr. Kenneth E. Robinson/Cyril Outerbridge Packwood Memorial Lecture, Method Media and … Continue reading Dr. Eva Hodgson – A History of #Bermuda #Racism @bermudaculture
August 14th, 1775 was a hot, humid, moonlit night. The British Governor of Bermuda was sound asleep in his bed. The Royal Gunpowder Magazine was unguarded. It made a tempting target. The American Rebels needed gunpowder. The Bermudians needed provisions. A … Continue reading The Defining Story of #Bermuda ‘s Great Gunpowder Plot 1775: The American Connection and Other Selected Highlights Including the Attack on Washington (1814)
A film by The Bermuda Trade Development Board promoting travel to Bermuda in 1966. To purchase a clean DVD or digital download of this film for personal home use or educational use only contact questions@archivesfarms.com. To license footage from this film … Continue reading Destination #Bermuda 1966
A film by The Bermuda Trade Development Board promoting travel to Bermuda in 1966. To purchase a clean DVD or digital download of this film for personal home use or educational use only contact questions@archivesfarms.com. To license footage from this film … Continue reading Destination #Bermuda 1966
Several shots from inside a VC 10 aeroplane; the pilots in the cockpit; a woman leans back in her seat as she and her man friend are served cocktails by a steward. Aerial shots of Bermuda – sandy beaches, turquoise … Continue reading Bermuda 1968
‘Ever The Twain Shall Meet’” – Mark Twain in Bermuda Between 1867 and 1910 Mark Twain visited Bermuda seven times for a total of 187 days. Twain penned there is “just enough of whispering, breeze, fragrance of flowers, and sense … Continue reading Mark Twain #Bermuda Travels 1867-1920