Research Catalog

Title

Florida at sea : a maritime history / Joe Knetsch, Nick Wynne and Robert Redd.

Author

Knetsch, Joe

Publication

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2023.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wynne, Nick
• Redd, Robert

Description

172 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

"From small ports to large ports, from rivers to creeks, from lakes to lagoons, water routes have been essential to Florida's development as a commercial, recreational, agricultural, and cultural entity. With more than 30,000 lakes and ponds and some 1,700 rivers, creeks, and streams, Florida ranks second in the list of wettest states in the USA. Native Americans used the rivers, creeks, and lakes as routes to various locales within the peninsula while harvesting fish and other aquatic edibles to sustain their daily lives. Early European settlers followed suit and supplemented their diets with the bounty from the oceans and fresh water sources. Into statehood, settlers relied on the same sources for food while using fresh water to make the land productive for food and cash crops. By the early decades of the 20th Century, water became a marketable attraction to lure millions of tourists to Florida for recreation and sports. The trend continues today. Join a trio of authors on this look at the immense impact water and maritime activities have played in the development of Florida"--

Alternative Title

Maritime history

Subject

• Waterways > Florida > History
• Aquatic resources > Florida > History
• Inland water transportation > Florida > History
• Aquatic resources
• Commerce
• Inland water transportation
• Waterways
• Florida > History
• Florida > Commerce > History
• Florida

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-172).

Contents

The maritime history of colonial Florida -- Territorial Florida, Indian wars and statehood -- Key West, island at the crosswords -- Antebellum Floriday : prelude to the Civil War -- Blockade runners, river steamers and gunboats -- Railroads, tourists and new harbors : 1865-1900 -- Florida in the new century : 1898-1930 -- Florida in Depression and war : 1930-1945 -- Tourism, population growth, change and a transportation revolution -- From the twentieth century into the twenty-first.

Call Number

JFE 23-2859

ISBN

• 9781467154109
• 1467154105

LCCN

2022950055

OCLC

1378470014

Author

Knetsch, Joe, author.

Title

Florida at sea : a maritime history / Joe Knetsch, Nick Wynne and Robert Redd.

Publisher

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2023.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-172).

Local Note

INCLUDES B&W ILLUSTRATIONS.

Added Author

Wynne, Nick, author.

Redd, Robert, author.

Research Call Number

JFE 23-2859