Florida Keys History & Discovery Center
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Mile Marker 82 · Islamorada, FL

On view now

Spanish Treasure Fleets, Pirates & Wreckers

For centuries the Keys' reefs claimed ships of the Spanish treasure fleets. Explore the galleons, the pirates who prowled these waters, and the wreckers of Key West who made their living from salvage.

Seventeenth-century oil painting of a naval battle: a Spanish galleon engulfed in flames and smoke beside a Dutch warship, wreckage and survivors in the water while other ships trade cannon fire under gunsmoke← All exhibits