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against a sea showing the descending hues that he show the names of all of these
of the undersea bathymetry. The undersea creatures (criaturas) in both English and
contours of the Florida Plateau and the Espanol. Special thanks to his daughter,
Gulf of Mexico on one side, and the who teaches Spanish, for helping with the

Continental Shelf, the Florida Straits, and translations and accents. He hopes this
the Bahamas Banks on the other are a enables even more people to love the coral
most interesting and visually powerful reef creatures of Florida.
way to depict Florida. It was an idea that He would also like to point out a creature
worked!
that he could not help but place on this
The map side (side 1) of this (H x L) 6" x map, and that is the manatee (manat).

9" (15.24cm x 22.9cm) card is a beautiful Franko loves the manatee (as does
mini map showing the State of Florida, everyone). What a wonderful and special
with the main roads and cities, and dozens creature Florida has! The manatee is a
of Florida's most prominent dive great representative of the love and
locations, including both coasts, the respect that he hopes to inspire with his
Florida Keys and many of the famous Florida maps and coral reef creature's

springs that are unique to Florida. Having identification guides. Card is printed on
visited and gone out on diving boats as laminated plastic so that it is stiff, shiny
well as snorkeling and kayaking in a and waterproof. It has a hole for a lanyard,
variety of Florida spots, Franko can so you can actually take it diving or
understand why so many people have snorkeling. Card makes a great gift idea.
urged him to do Florida." Florida could be

called the diving capital of the world. The
number of sites and the accessibility
makes Florida a world-class diving and
snorkeling destination. Also on the map
side is a world globe and a compass rose.
Franko loves Florida. The coral reef

creature's side of this map (side 2) is
similar to his Caribbean reef creature's
guides, since in general they share the
same array of coral reef creatures,
including corals and sponges. The card

shows over 100 species on this waterproof
Florida Keys Coral Reef Creatures
Identification Guide. It seems only right