Bermuda was settled.
In 1609 , the English Virginia Company , which had established Jamestown in Virginia two years earlier , permanently settled Bermuda in the aftermath of a hurricane , when the crew and passengers of the Sea Venture steered the ship onto the surrounding reef to prevent its sinking , then landed ashore .	Virginia Company	Virginia Company	Jamestown	Jamestown, Virginia	Virginia	Colony of Virginia	Sea Venture	Sea Venture
