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SHIPWRECK SYMPOSIUM
n SEPTEMBER 10 and 17
Tales of outlaw slave ships,
sunken galleons, treacherous
reefs and hurricanes are the stuff
of adventure tales. ey’re also real-life
elements of Florida Keys history to be
presented during the first-ever Florida
Keys Shipwreck Symposium, 9 a.m. September
10 at Key Largo Library and 9
a.m. September 17 at Westin Key West
Resort in Key West.
e Mel Fisher Maritime Museum,
the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
and Florida Keys Community College
have joined forces to bring those
sunken stories to the surface. Scientists
and researchers will offer an insider’s
look at the doomed ships, their cargo
and the lighthouses that would become
their guardians.
Corey Malcom, director of archaeology
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for the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum
and chair for cultural resources on the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Advisory Council, opens the symposium
with a presentation about the search for
the Guerrero, an outlaw slave trader that
wrecked on an Upper Keys reef with 561
Africans chained in its hold.
Other highlights: Brenda Altmeier of
the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
leads an above-ground tour of the
sanctuary’s Shipwreck Trail, a string of
12 diverse wrecks. Bill Chalfont discusses
little known Atocha at the bottom
of the dive lagoon at Florida Keys Community
College. Altmeier and Larry
Herlth review the role of lighthouses in
the Keys. And the wreck of the Marie J.
ompson at the bottom of Key West is
taken on by Malcom and Chalfant.
e symposium is part of a free series
of events presented throughout the year.
For more information, call Corey Malcom,
(305) 294-2633, Ext. 22. e
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