St. George's, Bermuda
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St. George's, located on the island and within the parish of the same names, settled in 1612, is the first permanent English settlement on the islands of Bermuda. It is often described as the third permanent British settlement in the Americas, after Jamestown, Virginia (1607), and Cupids, Newfoundland (1610), and the oldest continuously-inhabited British town in the New World, since the other two settlements were seasonal for a number of years.
St. George's harbour and town, seen from Fort George
Ordnance Island (left) and St. George's Town are overlooked by Fort George
The harbour at St. George's in 1854
St. George's Town, from Barrack Hill, 1857
Bermuda
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Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the American state of North Carolina, about 1,035 km (643 mi) to the west-northwest.
John Smith wrote one of the first histories of Bermuda in 1624 (combined with Virginia and New England).
Bermuda Gazette of 12 November 1796, calling for privateering against Spain and its allies; it has advertisements for crew for two privateer vessels.
Mullet Bay and the harbour at St. George's, the original capital
Hamilton Harbour in the mid-1920s