Georgia, historical and industrial . ia abounds in large, deep and navigablerivers, sounds and inlets, offering every facility for commerce and trade,to which advantages should be added the splendid lines of railway thatconnect the seaports. Savannah and Bnmswick, with the highly produc-tive regions of the south, southwest and west. Savannah, though a cityof only 54,000 inhabitants, is seventh in the Union in the total value ofits exports, is the third cotton port in America and ranks first in theworld in lumber and naval stores. When John Verrazzani, in the service of the king of France, visi
Georgia, historical and industrial . ia abounds in large, deep and navigablerivers, sounds and inlets, offering every facility for commerce and trade,to which advantages should be added the splendid lines of railway thatconnect the seaports. Savannah and Bnmswick, with the highly produc-tive regions of the south, southwest and west. Savannah, though a cityof only 54,000 inhabitants, is seventh in the Union in the total value ofits exports, is the third cotton port in America and ranks first in theworld in lumber and naval stores. When John Verrazzani, in the service of the king of France, visitedthe Georgia coast in 1525, he was so charmed witJi its rivers that henamed them after the most noted streams of France. He called the the Seine; the Satilla, the Somne; the Altamaha, the Loire; theSavannah, the Grande; St. Catherines inlet, the Garonne; OssabawSound, the Gironde. The islands that skirt the Georgia coast produce the famous sea-islandcotton. They, as well as the mainlands opposite, furnish great quantities. en n le :ll .0 :s- e- ve es op to »n- at, ler les he he m- )rk ost : it md )er- np- 3al. Che >wn »on- sin. dsts
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