Key Biscayne is an island paradise umbilically connected to Miami by a three-and-a-half-mile-long causeway. Its recorded history is one of the longest in North America, starting five centuries ago with Juan Ponce de Leon's arrival, the second official landing of Europeans in North America after Columbus. For centuries, Key Biscayne was an important landmark for Gulf Stream mariners, and the Cape Florida Lighthouse, built in 1825, is the oldest remaining structure in the region. The key was the site of an infamous Indian attack, a Second Seminole War military base, scientific expeditions, a...
Key Biscayne is an island paradise umbilically connected to Miami by a three-and-a-half-mile-long causeway. Its recorded history is one of the longest...
For centuries, the southernmost region of the Florida peninsula was seen by outsiders as wild and inaccessible. Seeking the American Tropics tells the stories of the explorers and adventurers who - for better and for worse - helped open the unique environment of South Florida to the world.
For centuries, the southernmost region of the Florida peninsula was seen by outsiders as wild and inaccessible. Seeking the American Tropics tells the...
