简史：1505 年，西班牙探险家胡安·百慕大发现了百慕大，1510 年，“百慕大”之称出现。1609 年之前，百慕大一直无人居住。那年，英国定居者的船只在前往弗吉尼亚的途中在此触礁。1612 年，国王詹姆士一世扩大了弗吉尼亚公司的特许状，将百慕大纳入其中。1684 年，该公司的特许状被废除，百慕大的治理权交由英国王室掌管。
Brief history: Bermuda was discovered in 1505 by the Spanish explorer Juan de Bermudez, and by 1510, it was referred to as “La Bermuda”. It remained uninhabited until 1609, when British settlers on their way to Virginia were shipwrecked on one of its reefs. In 1612, King James I extended the charter of the Virginia Company to include Bermuda. After the Company’s charter was annulled in 1684, government passed to the British Crown.