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Bedrooms: 2 Sleeps: 6 Bathrooms: 2		Islamorada Oceanfront Condo on Plantation Key Owner's Description of this Property: Totally Renovated in May 2004, this professionally decorated two bedroom, two bath Islamorada condominium located on Plantation Key sleeps six comforta click here for property details >>
Bedrooms: 3 Sleeps: 8 Bathrooms: 3		Venetian Vacation Gem Owner's Description of this Property: Located on the peaceful, northern end of Islamorada, in the quite residential neighborhood of Venetian Shores. Immediate access to ocean and Bay side. click here for property details >>
Bedrooms: 3 Sleeps: 6 Bathrooms: 2		Islamorada-Oceanside-Canalfront-Saltwater Pool 3 Bedroom,2 Bath, Oceanside in Islamorada-Heated Saltwater Pool-Screen porch overlooking deep water canal which leads directly to Tavernier Creek. Fenced Yard & plenty of parking. click here for property details >>

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Islamorada, Florida is known as the Sport Fishing Capital of the World. An array of marine life inhabits the patch coral reef alongside Islamorada making it a favorite for Islamorada, Island vacation rentals by owner beach houses, condos and cottages, and also for divers. Also to be seen from the comfort of your luxury Islamorada, Island vacation rentals by owner beach houses, condos and cottages are dolphin and other deep sea stars at Windley Key's Theater of the Sea.

Islamorada, "Village of Islands" is a village located in Monroe County, Florida and is part of the chain of islands know as "the Upper Florida Keys". Within this chain, Islamorada encompasses: Plantation Key, Windley Key, Upper Matecumbe Key, and Lower Matecumbe. Look for Islamorada, Island vacation rentals by owner beach houses, condos and cottages at all these locations.

As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 6,846. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 6,772. The name "Islamorada", meaning "purple isle", comes from early Spanish explorers in the area.

Not long after Christopher Columbus reached the New World in 1492, adventurer Ponce de Leon and fellow Spanish chronicler Antonio de Herrera set sail toward Florida in search of the elusive Fountain of Youth. They never found the Fountain or Islamorada, Island vacation rentals by owner beach houses, condos and cottages, but they did find the Florida Keys.

The day was Sunday, May 15, 1513.

Here is precisely what Herrera wrote for posterity: "To all this line of islands and rock islets they gave the name of Los Martires [The Martyrs] because, seen from a distance, the rocks as they rose to view appeared like men who were suffering; and the name remained fitting because of the many that have been lost there since."

There is no record that anyone from their ship came ashore and for hundreds of years, the island chain was left mostly to the pirates. Eventually, the pirates were chased away by a fledgling U.S. Navy pirate fleet established here in 1822.

Settlers followed while the native Indian population, the Calusa and mainland tribes, died out. The early settlers set up groves of Key limes, tamarind and breadfruit. In the Lower Keys, pineapple farms flourished and a large pineapple factory was built which furnished canned pineapple to most of eastern North America.

In later years, a thriving shark processing factory was established on Big Pine Key. Amidst the abandoned farms, it employed workers to catch sharks and skin them. The hides were salted down and sent north to the home factory in New Jersey. Here, they were processed into a tough leather called shagreen.

Other settlers in Key West and in Islamorada became wreckers who salvaged goods from ships that foundered on the nearby reefs. Some say the wreckers deliberately lured ships onto the shoals. Whatever the truth, Key West became the wealthiest city in the United States. Later, sponge harvesters found a good market for the sponges they gathered in the waters of the Keys. Still later, cigar makers from Cuba established factories in Key West. Railroad tycoon Henry Flagler built his impossible railroad "that went to sea,” and wealthy visitors traveled to vacation at Islamorada, Island vacation rentals by owner beach houses, condos and cottages.

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