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The island has a small beach, many coconut trees, has sandbars around it, and is a good fishing spot. Money Key is a private island and has been owned by the Kyle family since 1972. "No Trespassing" signs were posted in 2013 to stop illegal camping and visitation.
The island is named after Black Caesar, a pirate. [1] Munroe, writing in "The Commodore's Story" (1930) states: "Caesar's Rock a small island about the middle of the creek, was reputed to be the dwelling place and ship yard of the pirate (Black Caesar)." This is apparently the small key due north of Meig's Key. It is unnamed on current charts. [2]
Piracy flourished in the Caribbean because of the existence of pirate seaports such as Port Royal in Jamaica, [1] Tortuga in Haiti, and Nassau in the Bahamas. [2] Piracy in the Caribbean was part of a larger historical phenomenon of piracy, as it existed close to major trade and exploration routes in almost all the five oceans. [3] [4] [5]
Stede Bonnet (c. 1688 – 10 December 1718) [a] was an English pirate who was known as the Gentleman Pirate [1] because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados , and inherited the family estate after his father's death in 1694.
A 26-acre island off the southern coast of Florida, known as Pumpkin Key, is back on the market for a discounted price of $75 million. It failed to sell when it was listed for $95 million in 2020.
Marooning is the intentional act of abandoning someone in an uninhabited area, such as a desert island, or more generally (usually in passive voice) to be marooned is to be in a place from which one cannot escape. [1]
Loggerhead Key is an uninhabited tropical island within the Dry Tortugas group of islands in the Gulf of Mexico. [3] At approximately 49 acres (19.8 hectares) in size, it is the largest island of the Dry Tortugas. [3] [4] [5] Despite being uninhabited, the island receives visitors, such as day visitors and campers. [3]
After Hurricane Ian whirled past the Florida Keys late last month, it left flooding and more than 100 displaced boats in its wake. Some of those boats are used as homes by people known locally as ...