1848: The Irish ship Mertoun, sailing from New Orleans to Liverpool, wrecked at Delta Shoal off Key Vaca with 1,400 bales of cotton, 4,500 bags of corn, logwood, and barrels
By Ana Mengotti Miami, Jul 26 (EFE) – Thousands of threatened corals from offshore nurseries and parent colonies off the Florida Keys are being taken by divers and scientists to an on-land laboratory to protect them from an unprecedented ocean heat wave. At least 1,500 coral specimens that had been used to restore the reefs …
1823: The Brig Brutus from New York and carrying cannons for Comm. David Porter’s squadron, put into Key Vaca for water. A Spanish polacre came in shortly after and appeared
1843: The Key West wrecking schooner Rome found floating barrels of pork and lard near Key Vaca, and between there and Bahia Honda it “never lost sight” of barrels of