Notes:

Captain Sheamus O'Hara Nelson's death: At sea, 1822.

Prime Minister aka PM: There is no Prime Minister of Bermuda. Using one in the story is pure literary license.

High Tea: Due to the British colonization, the ‘afternoon tea’ as it’s usually called in Bermuda, has been and is still quite popular.

Bermuda Cuisine: Multi-ethnic, including a delightful blend of Portuguese and British.

Some factual references about Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory :

http://www.bermuda.com/about-bermuda/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda

Bermuda Triangle/Devil’s Triangle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle

Kraken: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken

Lee's Blindness: Inflammation and swelling of the optic nerve is a real condition causing blindness, usually only temporary until the inflammation goes down.

Boston Maritime Museum is fictional. There is a maritime museum for ‘Old Ironsides’(USS Constitution), however.

The Boston Museum, per se,  is fictional, however, there are quite a lot of various museums in Boston including:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Science_(Boston)