Sandy Key

Earlier name:

Bradshaw

Cayo Agies

Cayo Aji

Cayo Axi

Pepper Key

Scope Note:

 

Visited in 1885 by Charles Wm. Pierce in the boat Bonton.

Geographic Location:

 

Located six miles SE of East Cape of the mainland Cape Sable area.

References:

 

Alaņa chart (1743) shows Cayo de Aji (Spanish for "Pepper Key"). O-Carrol chart (1770) shows Cayo Agies. DeBrahm chart (1772) shows Bradshaw. Romans (1774) shows the legend, "Cayo Axi - Now Sandy Key." Gauld chart (1775) shows Cayo Axi. Gerdes, in his "Reconnaissance of the Florida Reefs and all the Keys" (1849) states: "Cayo Axi is called Sandy Key. Shown on a reconnaissance map of south Florida drawn in the 1850's as Pepper Key.

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