The Galapagos: A Natural History

by Henry Nicholls

Book Overview

Charles Darwin called it "a little world within itself." Sailors referred to it as "Las Encantadas"- the enchanted islands. Lying in the eastern Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator off the west coast of South America, the Gal gos is the most pristine archipelago to be found anywhere in the tropics. It is so remote, so untouched, that the act of wading ashore can make you feel like you are the first to do so.

Yet the Gal gos is far more than...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465035973
• ISBN13: 9780465035977
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"