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Em homenagem ao Dia das Bermudas, a Associação dos Emigrantes Açorianos irá dedicar-se, durante esta semana, a contar mais sobre a história/ligação entre o povo bermudiano e português/açoriano.
Na reserva natural de Spital Pond, Smith’s Parish, Bermudas, existia uma pedra com a inscrição de “RP 1543”. Durante muitas dezenas de anos, esta era denominada de Spanish Rock, pensando-se de que a mesma era um testemunho da presença de navegadores espanhóis. Mais tarde, a inscrição viria a desgastar-se, havendo hoje em dia a presença de uma placa de metal que recria a inscrição original, no Bermuda Historical Society Museum, na cidade de Hamilton.
Nos anos 60 do século passado, surgiu a teoria de Vidago, de que “RP” significava Rex Portugalis, Rei de Portugal em latim, e que essa inscrição, recorrendo à fonte do historiador Oviedo, teria sido feita por uma tripulação de 30 homens de uma nau portuguesa que teria naufragado nas Bermudas no ano de 1543.
Apesar das informações de Oviedo terem sido publicadas em 1855, só no século XXI, é que a pedra seria renomeada para Portuguese Rock. Para algumas pessoas, esta tardia renomeação da pedra é apenas uma demonstração da discriminação que os açorianos/portugueses sofreram no arquipélago da Bermuda.
Texto e fotografias do historiador Eduardo Pereira Medeiros
In honor of Bermuda Day, the AEA will dedicate this week to telling more about the history/connection between the Bermudian and Portuguese/Azorean people.
At Spital Pond Nature Reserve, Smith’s Parish, Bermuda, there was a rock with the inscription “RP 1543”. For dozens of years, this was referred to as Spanish Rock, thought to be a testimony to the presence of Spanish navigators. Later, with the original inscription worn away, there is today the presence of a metal plate that recreates this inscription, at the Bermuda Historical Society Museum in the town of Hamilton.
In the 1960s, the Vidago theory emerged that “RP” stood for Rex Portugalis, King of Portugal in Latin, and that this inscription, according to historian Oviedo, would have been made by a crew of 30 men from a Portuguese ship that was wrecked in Bermuda in 1543.
Although this information was published in 1855, it was only in the 21st century that the rock would be renamed Portuguese Rock. For some people, this late renaming of the rock is just a demonstration of the discrimination that the Azoreans/Portuguese suffered in the Bermuda archipelago.
Text and photos by historian Eduardo Pereira Medeiros
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