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Returning to Somers ' hometown of Lyme Regis, in Dorset, his body ( which had been pickled in a barrel ) was landed via The Cobb, the notable breakwater which protects town's harbour.

His heart, however, was left buried on what would subsequently also be known as The Somers Isles.

After reaching England, the reports of the survivors of the Sea Venture aroused great interest about Bermuda.

Accounts were published by two survivors, William Strachey and Sylvester Jordain.

Two years later, in 1612, the Virginia Company's Royal Charter was officially extended to include the island, and a party of 60 settlers was sent, under the command of Sir Richard Moore, the island's first governor.

Joining the three men left behind by the Deliverance and the Patience ( who had taken up residence on Smith's Island ), they founded and commenced construction of the town of St. George.