Journal of a visit to the Georgia Islands of St. Catharines, Green, Ossabaw, Sapelo, St. Simons, Jekyll, and Cumberland, with comments on the Florida islands of Amelia, Talbot, and St. George, in 1753

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Journal of a visit to the Georgia Islands of St. Catharines, Green, Ossabaw, Sapelo, St. Simons, Jekyll, and Cumberland, with comments on the Florida islands of Amelia, Talbot, and St. George, in 1753

In August 1753, four colonists and their boat crew set out on a potentially dangerous passage of "discovery and observations" along Georgia's barrier islands from Savannah southward as far as the St. Johns River in Spanish-held Florida. Journal of a Visit to the Georgia Islands is a record of that trip, and although unsigned, internal evidence points directly to prominent Georgia entrepreneur Jonathan Bryan (1708-1788) as the author. His companions were the famous cartographer William G.

De Brahm and South Carolina planters William Simmons and John Williamson.

Traveling by day, hunting for food and camping on shore at night, the brave little band endured a battering by stormy seas and undoubtedly vicious attacks by nocturnal insects. However, the author was not deterred from appreciating the wilderness and its beauty. His comments on the waterways, the deplorable condition of coastal fortifications, and his assessment of the splendid timber resources and the fertile land for agriculture and for raising livestock make the document tantamount to a field report.

As our only known legacy of the trip, this previously unpublished journal is unique in the annals of Georgia's colonial history.

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Language
English
Pages
103

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Macon, Ga

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
975.8/742
Library of Congress
F292.G58 B79 1996, F292.G58B79 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 103 p. :
Number of pages
103

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL969191M
ISBN 10
0865544905
LCCN
96005743
OCLC/WorldCat
34473567
Library Thing
1785145
Goodreads
1129889

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