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floridas shipwrecks fl
the sunshine state has a rich maritime history spanning more than five centuries . tragically part of that history includes thousands of ships that have met their fates in florida waters . potentially more than 5 000 shipwrecks reside off floridas 1 200 miles of coastline with hundreds more lost in the states interior rivers . in and of itself the florida keys archipelago consisting of approximately 1 700 islands stretching 200 miles is littered with the remains of close to 1 000 shipwrecks . in fact many features of the florida keys were named after various shipwreck events such as fowey rocks which earned its name after the 1748 wrecking of the british warship hms fowey and alligator reef where the schooner uss alligator met her demise in 1822 . floridas shipwrecks utilizes captivating images to illustrate dramatic stories of danger and peril at sea introducing readers to a fascinating cross section of floridas shipwreck history .
paperback arcadia publishing sc 2008 isbn13 9780738554136 isbn10 0738554138
abridged n isbn 13 9780738554136 number in series 1 number of pages 127 publisher arcadia pub release date 62135769600000 series title images of america