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Which archipelago was named “Devil’s Islands” by its Spanish discoverer because of the frequent storms, dangerous reefs and the terrifying cries of petrels which sailors thought were the cries of devils?

Question #151465. Asked by pehinhota.
Last updated Jul 29 2024.
Originally posted Jul 26 2024 2:17 PM.

serpa
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serpa
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Bermuda
"...until 1505, when a Spaniard named Juan de Bermúdez came upon it, and map makers began to give it various versions of his name. Fearful sailors, frightened by the eerie cries of Bermuda's cahow birds, called it the "Isle of Devils." No one lived there until a hurricane stranded an English vessel bound for Virginia on Bermuda's shores in 1609..."
link https://eh.net/book_reviews/isle-of-devils-isle-of-saints-an-atlantic-history-of-bermuda-1609-1684/#:~:text=Fearful%20sailors%2C%20frightened%20by%20the,on%20Bermuda%27s%20shores%20in%201609.

Jul 29 2024, 10:35 AM
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