Editing Bermuda (section)

===Discovery===
[[File:Map of Bermuda 1511 legatio babylonica.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|[[Peter Martyr map|First map of]] the islands of Bermuda in 1511, made by [[Peter Martyr d'Anghiera]] in his book ''Legatio Babylonica''|alt=]]
Bermuda was discovered in the early 1500s by Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez.<ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica - Bermuda">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Bermuda |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica|Britannica]] |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bermuda |access-date=23 August 2019 |edition=online |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528082525/https://www.britannica.com/place/Bermuda |archive-date=28 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Morison1974">{{Cite book |last=Morison |first=Samuel Elliot |title=The European Discovery of America: The southern voyages, 1492–1616 |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1974 |isbn=9780195013771 |location=New York, NY |language=en}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=May 2023}} Bermuda had no [[Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean|Indigenous]] population when it was discovered, nor during initial British settlement a century later.{{sfn|McGovern|Harris|2018|p=10}} It was mentioned in ''[[Legatio Babylonica]]'', published in 1511 by historian [[Pedro Mártir|Pedro Mártir de Anglería]], and was included on Spanish charts of that year.<ref name="Frommers - History of Bermuda">{{Cite web |title=History in Bermuda |url=https://www.frommers.com/destinations/bermuda/in-depth/history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823091941/https://www.frommers.com/destinations/bermuda/in-depth/history |archive-date=23 August 2019 |access-date=23 August 2019 |website=Frommer's}}</ref> Both Spanish and Portuguese ships used the islands as a replenishment spot to take on fresh meat and water. Shipwrecked Portuguese mariners are now thought to have been responsible for the 1543 inscription on [[Spittal Pond Nature Reserve|Portuguese Rock]], previously called Spanish Rock.<ref>{{cite web |title=Portuguese Rock |website=communityandculture.bm |place=Bermuda |publisher=Department of Community & Cultural Affairs |url=http://www.communityandculture.bm/pages/portuguese-rock |url-status=live |access-date=1 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017030428/http://www.communityandculture.bm/pages/portuguese-rock |archive-date=17 October 2018}}</ref> Legends arose of spirits and devils, now thought to have stemmed from the calls of raucous birds (most likely the [[Bermuda petrel]], or ''cahow'')<ref>{{cite news |title=The cahow: Saved from hog, rat, and man |date=2 December 1973 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/02/archives/no-longer-extinct-the-cahow-saved-from-hog-rat-and-man-cahow-david.html |url-status=live |access-date=13 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820015736/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/02/archives/no-longer-extinct-the-cahow-saved-from-hog-rat-and-man-cahow-david.html |archive-date=20 August 2019}}</ref> and loud nocturnal noises from introduced wild hogs.<ref>{{cite web |date=2 June 2016 |title=Haunted Bermuda: 5&nbsp;ghosts you might meet on the island |website=gotobermuda.com |publisher=Bermuda Tourism Authority |url=https://www.gotobermuda.com/list/haunted-bermuda-5-ghosts-you-might-meet-on-the-island |url-status=live |access-date=13 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919190805/https://www.gotobermuda.com/list/haunted-bermuda-5-ghosts-you-might-meet-on-the-island |archive-date=19 September 2020}}</ref> With its frequent storm-racked conditions and dangerous reefs, the archipelago became known as the "Isle of Devils".<ref>{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Juanae |date=31 October 2014 |title=Looking at the tale of the "Isle of Devils" |website=[[Bernews]] |url=http://bernews.com/2014/10/looking-tale-isle-devils/ |url-status=live |access-date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811032854/http://bernews.com/2014/10/looking-tale-isle-devils/ |archive-date=11 August 2018}}</ref> Neither Spain nor Portugal attempted to settle it.