«Cape Canaveral». Historic Brevard(en inglés) (2016 edición). Gobierno de Brevard County: BREVARD COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. Consultado el 4 de marzo de 2023. «Marjory Stoneman Douglas says, "The name Canaveral, meaning 'cane bearer' for the great reeds then in the swamp at the southward bight of the cape, appeared on Florida maps after 1520." She believes it was Spanish ship Captain Francisco Gordillo who named the cape for the Ais who used arrows made from cane».
