New Georgia Encyclopedia : Land and Resources Updates Copyright(c) 2004-2009 by the Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press. All rights reserved. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Categories.jsp?path=LandResources Articles modified in the 'Land and Resources' section of the New Georgia Encyclopedia within the last 30 days. en-us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST 10080 New Georgia Encyclopedia 64 71 http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Categories.jsp?path=LandResources http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/graphics/logo_circle.gif Bartram, William http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2179 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:35:40 EDT <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2179"><img src="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-3432_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </a>William Bartram's 1791 book, Travels, reprinted many times, continues to fascinate American readers and attract them to the wildernesses he loved. The great explorer and diarist spent much of his time in backwoods Georgia, where he recorded matchless descriptions of the area's flora, fauna, and Native American inhabitants....