Excerpt from The Vegetation History of Fort Frederica, Saint Simons Island, GeorgiaThe first phase of this project reviewed available historic and contemporary written documentation concerning the natural features and agricultural history c¿' St. Simons Island. Obtaining copies of historic maps and coastal charts. Was given special emphasis. Various colonial records, travel accounts, diaries and collections of newspaper articles were investigated for references to: 1) plant species, 2) vegetation types, 3) fires, storms and other disturbances, 4) native animal species, 5) agricultural and logging practices, and 6) drainage and other forms of landscape modification.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.