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This encyclopedia provides readers with a comprehensive look at the Galápagos Islands, from the wildlife and scientists that made them famous to the challenges and issues the islands face today.
In the mid-1800s, the Galápagos Islands served as Charles Darwin's playground, a volcanic archipelago where he famously worked on his theories of evolution and natural selection. But who actually discovered the islands? Why didn't any country claim them for more than 200 years? And is ecotourism hurting or helping these mysterious islands?
This volume explores the history, science, and culture of the Galápagos Islands. A preface, introduction, chronology, and "Galápagos at a Glance" primer introduce readers to the islands that are so famously associated with Charles Darwin. Twelve thematic essays allow readers to explore such topics as evolution, the geology of the islands, invasive species, and tourism in depth. Topical entries follow, covering key individuals and organizations as well as other important concepts and ideas.
Thirteen primary document excerpts allow readers to study firsthand accounts from explorers and visitors to the islands. Appendices, a glossary, a bibliography, and sidebars round out the text. Students of history, geography, and science will find this volume informative, while general readers will be intrigued to learn about these unique islands.
Winner, 2022 RUSA Outstanding Reference Source
This encyclopedia provides readers with a comprehensive look at the Galápagos Islands, from the wildlife and scientists that made them famous to the challenges and issues the islands face today.
In the mid-1800s, the Galápagos Islands served as Charles Darwin's playground, a volcanic archipelago where he famously worked on his theories of evolution and natural selection. But who actually discovered the islands? Why didn't any country claim them for more than 200 years? And is ecotourism hurting or helping these mysterious islands?
This volume explores the history, science, and culture of the Galápagos Islands. A preface, introduction, chronology, and "Galápagos at a Glance" primer introduce readers to the islands that are so famously associated with Charles Darwin. Twelve thematic essays allow readers to explore such topics as evolution, the geology of the islands, invasive species, and tourism in depth. Topical entries follow, covering key individuals and organizations as well as other important concepts and ideas.
Thirteen primary document excerpts allow readers to study firsthand accounts from explorers and visitors to the islands. Appendices, a glossary, a bibliography, and sidebars round out the text. Students of history, geography, and science will find this volume informative, while general readers will be intrigued to learn about these unique islands.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abbreviations
Chronology
Galápagos at a Glance
Part I: Thematic Essays
Geology, Volcanoes, and Lava
Climate, Currents, and Weather
Darwin in Galápagos
The Mysteries of Floreana Island
Baltra and World War II
Giant Tortoises: The Galápagos of Galápagos
Darwin's Finches
Evolution in Galápagos: The Work of Rosemary and Peter Grant
Plants and Vegetative Zones
Tourism
Invasive Species
The Future of Galápagos
Part II: Topical Entries
Agassiz, Louis and Elizabeth
Agriculture
Albatross
Angermeyers
Baltra Pine
Baur, Georg
Beaches
Beebe, Charles William
Berlanga, Fray Tomás de
Biosecurity
Birds
Blackberry
Boats of Note
Boobies
Bowman, Robert I.
California Academy of Sciences Expedition 1905–1906
Casa Matriz
Charles Darwin Foundation and Research Station
Climate Change
Cobos, Manuel Julián
Coffee
Colnett, James
Colonization by Plants and Animals
Cowley, Ambrose
Creationism
Dampier, William
Darling, Sarah
Darwin, Charles Robert
Darwin's Finches: Truth and Legend
Darwin's Name in Galápagos
Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Irenäus
Fawkes, Guy
Filiate Science Antrorse: A Search for Utopia
The First Biological Research Station
Fish
FitzRoy, Robert
Flightless Cormorants
Frigatebirds
Galápagos
Galápagos Hawk
Galápagos Marine Reserve
Galápagos National Park
Galápagos Penguin
Galápagos Tomato
Geckos
Gould, John and Elizabeth
Governance: Galápagos Governing Council
Hawai'i: Comparisons with Galápagos
Hitler in Galápagos?
HMS Beagle
Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Hotel Galápagos
Huxley, Julian Sorell
Hydrothermal Vents
Intentionally Introduced Invaders
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural
Resources (IUCN)
Invertebrates
Jessica
Kicker Rock
Lack, David
Land Iguanas
Lava Lizards
Lawson, Nicholas
Lonesome George
Lowe, Percy
Mammals
Mangroves
Maps
Marine Iguana
Melville, Herman
Mockingbirds
Movies
Names of Islands
Naturalist Guides
Norwegians
Opuntia (Prickly Pear Cactus)
Orchils
Palo Santo (Bursera spp.)
Penal Colonies
Philornis downsi
Pirates and Whalers
Post Office Bay
Project Isabela
Protecting Wildlife Before GNP
Quinine
Rays and Sharks
Reiser, Saydee
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Rules of Galápagos National Park
Salt and Minas de Sal
Scalesia
Sea Lions and Fur Sea Lions
Sea Turtles
Snakes
Special Law of 1998
Stokes, Pringle
Svaap
Towns
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Van Straelen, Victor
Villamil, José María
Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang
Voyage of the Beagle, The
Wall of Tears
Watkins, Patrick
Waved Albatross
Wittmers
Wolf, Theodor
Part III: Primary Documents
Document 1: Tomás Berlanga Discovers Galápagos, 1535
Document 2: A Literary Pirate Visits Galápagos, 1684
Document 3: Ambrose Cowley Names Some Islands in Galápagos,
1688
Document 4: Woodes Rogers Describes His Tour of the Islands,
1709
Document 5: David Porter Describes Some of the Islands' Plants and
Animals, 1812
Document 6: David Porter Wonders about the Origin of Galápagos'
Strange Animals, 1812
Document 7: George Byron Finds "As Wild and Desolate a Scene as
Imagination Can Picture," 1825
Document 8: "Our Respiration Now Became Difficult": An Eyewitness
Account of a Terrifying Volcanic Eruption in Galápagos, 1825
Document 9: Charles Darwin's First Impressions of Galápagos,
1835
Document 10: Charles Darwin's Strange Encounters with Marine
Iguanas, 1839
Document 11: Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle, the World's
Most Famous Writing about Galápagos, 1845
Document 12: Herman Melville and the Desolation of Galápagos,
1854
Document 13: Agassiz Disagrees with Darwin, 1872
Appendix 1: The Major Islands and Their Visitor Sites
Appendix 2: Darwin Aboard the Beagle
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
This encyclopedia provides readers with a comprehensive look at the Galápagos Islands, from the wildlife and scientists that made them famous to the challenges and issues the islands face today.
Randy Moore, PhD, is professor of biology at the University of Minnesota, USA. He is coauthor, with Sehoya Cotner, of Understanding Galápagos: What You'll See and What It Means (2013).
Recommended. All readers.
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