Juan de Bermúdez

Juan Bermúdez
Born	Juan Bermúdez unknown Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, Crown of Castile
Died	1570 unknown
Nationality	Spain
Ethnicity	Spanish
Occupation	Navigator
Religion	Roman Catholic

Juan de Bermúdez ( /bɜrˈmjuːdɛz/; Spanish pronunciation: [berˈmuðeθ]; d. 1570) was a Spanish navigator of the 16th century. In 1505, while sailing back to Spain from a provisioning voyage to Hispaniola in the ship La Garça (or Garza), he discovered Bermuda, which was later named after him. Legatio Babylonica, published in 1511 by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, lists "La Bermuda" among the Atlantic islands. In 1515 he returned to Bermuda, landing a dozen pigs and sows for any unlucky mariners who might later be castaway there. Bermúdez died in 1570.^{[citation needed]}