Galapagos Province - Galapagos Islands, People from Galapagos Province, Populated Places in Galapagos Province, Galapagos Hotspot (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Galapagos Islands, People from Galapagos Province, Populated places in Galapagos Province, Galapagos hotspot, Action off Charles Island, Alcedo Volcano, Volcan Wolf, Floreana Island, Action off James Island, Isabela Island, Sierra Negra, Cerro Azul, Puerto Ayora, Claudia Schiess, San Cristobal Island, Fernandina Island, Darwin Island, Wolf Island, Seymour Airport, Baltra Island, Cocos Plate, Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos National Park, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Marine Reserve, Espanola Island, Santiago Island, Bartolome Island, Isla Guy Fawkes, Daphne Island, Santa Cruz Island, Pinta Island, Puerto Villamil, Santa Fe Island, Theodor Wolf, Marchena Island, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Rabida Island, North Seymour Island, South Plaza Island, San Cristobal Airport, Nameless Island, Pinzon Island, Black Turtle Cove. Excerpt: The Galapagos Islands (official name: Archipielago de Colon; other Spanish names: Islas de Colon or Islas Galapagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, 972 km (525 nmi) west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part. Wildlife is its most notable feature. The Galapagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a biological marine reserve. The principal language on the islands is Spanish. The islands have a population of around 23,000. The islands are geologically young and famed for their vast number of endemic species, which were studied by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. The first crude navigation chart of the islands was done by the buccaneer Ambrose Cowley in 1684. He named the individual islands after some of his fellow pirates or after the English no...