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The chart of the Galápagos published by the English pirate William Ambrosia Cowley in 1684, the source of many of the islands' English names A manuscript map of the islands from the charts drafted by James Colnett of the British Royal Navy in 1793, adding additional names
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee. [1] [2] The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands. [3]
Complete scan of the book "'''Galapagos plants'''" by Klaus Schönitzer (Contribution No. 172 of the Charles Darwin Foundation; printed in Quito, File usage No pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed).
The Galapagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-85241-5. Hinz, Earl R. (1 January 1999). Landfalls of Paradise: Cruising Guide to the Pacific Islands. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2115-9. Kricher, John C. (2006). Galápagos: A Natural History. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691 ...
The Wall of Tears at Puerto Villamil on Isabela, the largest of the Galapagos (from Galápagos Islands) Image 54 The chart of the Galápagos published by the English pirate William Ambrosia Cowley in 1684, the source of many of the islands' English names (from Galápagos Islands )
The islands were described as "the Galopegos Insulae" (Turtle Island). The Galapagos were used by pirates hideout in English as trips to plunder Spanish galleons carrying gold and silver from America to Spain. The first known pirate to visit the islands was Richard Hawkins, in 1593. From then until 1816 many pirates came to the archipelago.
School of scalloped hammerheads at Wolf Island in the Galapagos Islands Another school of scalloped hammerheads at Wolf Island, Galapagos From the plane of an Airbus A320, flying out Baltra Island (on the right) and Santa Cruz Island (on the left) and between the two islands is the Itabaca Channel an area filled with water taxis taking people in between and to waiting boats off shore waiting ...
English: Nautical chart of the Galapagos Islands. Surveyed by Captn. Robt. Fitz Roy R.N. and the officers of H.M.S. Beagle 1836. ... File history. Click on a date ...