James J. Miller

An atlas of 13,000 years of Florida maritime history, this book begins with an overview of its bathymetry, shoreline, winds and currents. Other chapters examine the growth of Florida's maritime industries and survey ship types, lighthouse locations, ports, hurricanes, reefs and shipwreck sites.

This text describes how natural features transformed and how cultural traditions of native people, as well as Spanish, English, and American colonists, developed in response to opportunities and constraints of the environment, using the example of northeast Florida.