Somers Isles

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British overseas territory archipelago historic name

Somers Isles is the historic name for Bermuda, a North Atlantic British territory famously settled after the 1609 Sea Venture shipwreck.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Somers Isles canonical 4
Bermuda (temporary after shipwreck) 1
Somers Isles (historical name for Bermuda) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British overseas territory ⓘ
archipelago ⓘ
historic name ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Bermuda
associatedWithEvent Sea Venture shipwreck ⓘ
associatedWithYear 1609 ⓘ
capital Hamilton ⓘ
climate subtropical ⓘ
colonialPower Kingdom of England ⓘ
contains Main Island ⓘ
Somerset Island ⓘ
St. George’s Island ⓘ
surface form: St. George's Island

numerous smaller islands ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn maritime trade ⓘ
privateering ⓘ
salt trade ⓘ
firstPermanentEuropeanSettlement early 17th century ⓘ
governedBy Somers Isles Company ⓘ
governedByFrom 1615 ⓘ
governedByUntil 1684 ⓘ
hasChamber House of Assembly of Bermuda ⓘ
Senate of Bermuda ⓘ
hasLegislature Parliament of Bermuda ⓘ
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Sail ⓘ
British colonial era ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the earliest permanent English settlements in the Americas ⓘ
historicNameOf Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Bermuda
largestCity Hamilton ⓘ
laterColonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
legalStatus self-governing British Overseas Territory ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic

Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
locatedNear east of North Carolina ⓘ
southeast of Cape Hatteras ⓘ
modernEconomyBasedOn offshore financial services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
namedAfter George Somers ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Overseas Territories ⓘ
representedBy Governor of Bermuda ⓘ
settledBy English colonists ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
usedAs maritime waypoint ⓘ
naval base ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sea Venture shipwreck → relatedTo → Somers Isles ⓘ
John Rolfe → residence → Somers Isles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bermuda (temporary after shipwreck)
George Somers → hasLegacy → Somers Isles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somers Isles (historical name for Bermuda)
Deliverance → constructedIn → Somers Isles ⓘ
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles → subject → Somers Isles ⓘ
Somers Isles Company → administered → Somers Isles ⓘ
Somers Isles Company → historicalNameOfTerritory → Somers Isles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somers Isles for Bermuda