Porter's Anti-Pirate Fleet

Porter's Anti-Pirate Fleet is a Florida historical marker in Monroe County, dedicated 1961.

625 Truman Ave., Key West

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An outbreak of piracy in 1822 prompted the United States to organize the West Indian Squadron, an anti-pirate fleet. Commanded by Commodore David Porter, the Squadron in 1823 included 17 ships and 1,100 men based in Key West. For two years the fleet attacked many of the estimated 2,000 pirates in the Indies. In 1825, after Porter was removed from command, Commodore Lewis Warrington continued the assault. Altogether 79 pirates were taken by U.S. ships.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1700 · Plate 22. Facsimile Cartography 1492-1867. Delisle Map, 1700. Gentil Map, ca. 1700. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1781 · A Map of East and West Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana, with the Islands of Cuba, Bahama… (American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee)
1825 · Floride. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1921 · Key West, Florida (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1943 · Key West, Florida (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Floride, 1825, covering the location of Porter's Anti-Pirate Fleet, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Floride, 1825, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

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