Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Recreation Area - Key Biscayne National And State Park

Key Biscayne
Florida, USA

When Ponce de Leon led the first Spanish expedition in 1513 to the land he called Florida, he visited this area and named it the "Cape of Florida." It was an area of ferocious storms and uncharted waters. Hidden sandbars and submerged reefs, were a hazard to early sailors, causing hundreds of shipwrecks along the Straits of Florida. For this reason, one of the federal governments's first actions when Florida became a U.S. Territory in 1821, was to plan for the extension of a network of lighthouses along the east coast of Florida. - In 1825, the Cape ... more on GoingToTheBeach.com, Inc.