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Ever wondered how the seafood you love actually gets to your plate?

The shrimping, boat-building, and seafood harvesting industry in St. Augustine, Florida, goes back centuries. Millions of visitors to the nation’s oldest permanently settled city love fresh Florida seafood, especially the succulent shrimp reaped by local commercial fishermen.

St. Augustine has been multicultural since 1565 and became more so when the Minorcans fled the indigo plantations in New Smyrna and walked to St. Augustine in 1777. These Minorcans—Italian shrimping pioneers and Greek boat builders—are still an important segment of the St. Augustine culture. The Minorcan Princess tells their story—a story that will appeal to seafood lovers and history aficionados alike.