Gripping stories during the age of sail from the time of Spanish navigators to the end of the Second Seminole War in 1842.
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Gripping stories during the Age of Sail from the time of Spanish navigators of the 16th century to the end of the Second Seminole War in 1842. Many died in shipwrecks and attacks by natives and pirates as they attempted to navigate the 110-mile sea passage between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean south of the Florida Keys and the Florida Reef. It has been called one of the most dangerous passages in the world. There are accounts of castaway mariners, native divers, privateersmen, pirates, and smugglers.
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John Viele is a retired naval commander living in the Florida Keys.
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This review is from: The Florida Keys, Vol. 2: True Stories of the Perilous Straits (Florida's History Through Its Places) (Hardcover)
The book "The Florida: True Stories of the Perilous Straits (Florida Keys)" is a great book. It is easy to read becuase if one of the stories doesn't interest you, you can go to the next story. All of the stories are interesting and are historically accurate. This is a great book if you want to know what happened in the early pioneer days of the Florida Keys
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Historical stories of the Florida Keys,
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This review is from: The Florida Keys, Vol. 2: True Stories of the Perilous Straits (Florida's History Through Its Places) (Hardcover)
covers the maritime history of the keys and the Straits of Florida from the time of the aboriginal natives in the early 1500s to the end of the Second Seminole War in 1842.
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good read,
This review is from: The Florida Keys, Vol. 2: True Stories of the Perilous Straits (Florida's History Through Its Places) (Hardcover)
I received a copy of this by accident (order mess up). I got a signed by the author copy too?Either way, this was an eye opener about the history of piracy. Anyone who is gonna make a pirate movie really needs to read a book like this to get their bearings on the reality. I grew up in the keys, used to play around in the then abandoned naval base in the 70s... Awesome time.
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mosquito fleet, antipiracy squadron, native divers, pirate schooner, revenue marines, two privateers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Key West, Indian Key, The Florida Keys Volume, Straits of Florida, Dry Tortugas, Cape Florida, Newport News, New Providence, Wayne Giordano, Naval Indian Hunters, Key Largo, Florida Bay, Young Eagle, Captain Herbert, Florida Reef, Key of Bones, Miami River, Key Carlos, Key Vaca, Vera Cruz, Key Biscayne, Revenue Cutter Men, West Indies, Biscayne Bay, Gulf of Mexico Browse Sample Pages:
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Key West, Indian Key, The Florida Keys Volume, Straits of Florida, Dry Tortugas, Cape Florida, Newport News, New Providence, Wayne Giordano, Naval Indian Hunters, Key Largo, Florida Bay, Young Eagle, Captain Herbert, Florida Reef, Key of Bones, Miami River, Key Carlos, Key Vaca, Vera Cruz, Key Biscayne, Revenue Cutter Men, West Indies, Biscayne Bay, Gulf of Mexico Browse Sample Pages:
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- Documentation of the Indians of the Florida Keys and Miami (1513-1765) by Gail Swanson on 4 pages
- Slave Ship Guerrero by Gail Swanson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Florida's Great Ocean Railway: Building the Key West Extension by Dan Gallagher in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- True Secrets of Key West Revealed! by Scott Gutelius in Back Matter
- Time Out Miami and the Florida Keys (Time Out Guides) by Time Out on page 261
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