Cape Romano is a cape on the Gulf Coast of Florida, United States. It is on Cape Romano Island, one of a group of islands known collectively as Kice-Morgan Island.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas stated that the cape was named for Bernard Romans, who charted all of the coasts of East and West Florida in 1774. The feature is called "Cape Roman or Punta Larga" on Romans's 1774 map. John Lee Williams, in 1837, refers to the south point of "Isle Roman" as "Cape Roman" "of the British [charts]", and "Puerta Longa", "Punta Longa", and "Cape Acies" "of the Spanish charts".[1][2][3]
- ^ Douglas, Marjory Stoneman (1947). The Everglades: River of Grass. Coconut, Florida: Hurricane House Publishers. p. 271.
- ^ Phillips, P. Lee (1975) [1924]. Notes on the Life and Works of Bernard Romans (Facsimile ed.). Gainesville, Florida: The University Presses of Florida. Third foldout segment of 1774 map at back of book.
- ^ Williams, John Lee (1837). The Territory of Florida (PDF). New York: A. T. Goodrich. pp. v, 5, 8, 26, 28, 33.