The Tempest

"The Tempest" by William Shakespeare is said to be based on an eye witness report by William Strachey of a shipwreck in Bermuda.

Shipwreck of the "Sea Venture"

Strachey was a passenger aboard the flagship "Sea Venture" with the leaders of the expedition when the ship was blown off course by a hurricane. The ship was run aground off the coast of Bermuda. The group was stranded on the island for almost a year, during which they constructed two small boats in which they eventually completed the voyage to Virginia.

Strachey wrote a letter on 15th July 1610, to a woman in England about the shipwreck. It is generally thought to be one of the sources for Shakespeare's "The Tempest" because of certain verbal, plot and thematic similarities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Strachey#Shipwreck_of_the_Sea_Venture