Galapagos Landscapes: Scenic Photographs from Ecuador's Galapagos Archipelago, the Encantadas or Enchanted Isles, with words of Herman Melville, Charles FitzRoy (Galapagos Islands Nature Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (780 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004QOA6SW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 433 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Moses Michelsohn's striking color photographs (b&w on some e-readers) illustrating their writings. Enter the unique world of the Galapagos Islands!Glimpse these exotic islands through the eyes of a modern-day nature photographer and brief selections from the writings of world-famous early visitors.Nearly 200 years ago, British naturalist Charles Darwin, American novelist Herman Melville, and HMS BeagleCaptain Robert FitzRoy of the Royal Navy all traveled to Ecuador's famous archipelago, the Galapagos Islands. It wasn't until 1859 that he published his theory of Evolution by means of Natural Selection inspired by the diversity of plants and animals he saw on the voyage of the Beagle, especially on the various Galapagos Islands.Herman Melville first glimpsed the Galapagos Islands as a young seaman on the whaler Acushnet out of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Years later, after the failure of his novel Moby-Dick, he tried to regain his lost popularity by writing a series ten of magazine sketches, later published as The Encantadas or The Enchanted Isles, recalling this visit to the Galapagos Islands.Captain Robert FitzRoy, a career officer in the Royal Navy, selected young Charles Darwin to accompany him on HMS Beagle both because of his desire to broaden the scientific sco
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