Description: This detail of Key Largo in the Florida Keys is from a map drawn in 1774, part of a two map set showing the southern peninsula of Florida with neighboring islands and waters. It is primarily a navigational chart with rhumblines, soundings, and coastal features. The map includes sailing directions, notes on some shipwrecks, and 9 land identification profiles. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. This detail shows Key Largo, including Rodriguez Key and Tabona Var or Travernier Key. Cape Florida is shown on Key Largo, which today is located on Key Biscayne. The direction of ebb and flood tides is shown.
Place Names: 1760-1779, Key Largo, Sound Point, Cape Florida, Key Rodriguez, Rodriguez Key, Key Tabona Var, Tavernier Key
ISO Topic Categories: inlandWaters, oceans, society, transportation
Keywords: Detail - Florida and its vicinity, physical, historical, transportation, physical features, water routes, inlandWaters, oceans, society, transportation, Unknown,1774
Source: Bernard Romans, A concise natural history of East and West Florida (New York, NY: Peter Force, 1781)
Map Credit: Courtesy of the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress |
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