Marie Galante, a French island in the West Indies, discovered by Columbus in 1493, lies 17 miles SE. of Guadeloupe. Area, 58 sq. m. It is covered for the most part with wood, and surrounded by coral reefs. Sugar, coffee, cocoa, and cotton are exported. Pop. 15,000. Chief town, Grandbourg, or Marigot, on the south-west coast.
Marie Galante
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 44
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