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Big Spanish Key
Geographic Location
Located 2.5 miles north of Big Pine Key.
Reference
Gerdes, in his "Reconnaissance of the Florida
Reefs and All the Keys", (1849) states: "The Id.
S.E. of North Harbor Key is Spanish Key,"
The 1861 Bache Coast Survey chart shows Big
Spanish Key.
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey chart #1251 (1932)
shows Big Spanish Key.
Scope Note
Visited by C.W. Pierce in his boat Bonton. (1885)
Historical name