A dedicated amateur naturalist presents an updated guide to visiting Ecuador's Galapagos Islands. Covers the plants, birds, mammals, reptiles, and underwater creatures; major islands and visitor sites; and travel tips, from planning a visit to what to bring. Illustrations are all new to this edition
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When not traveling in the Galapagos Islands or dreaming of it, MARYLEE STEPHENSON has her own consulting business as a program evaluator and social policy researcher. She lives in Vancouver, B.C.
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More of a checklist than an explication,
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This review is from: The Galapagos Islands: The Essential Handbook for Exploring, Enjoying and Understanding Darwin's Enchanted Islands (Paperback)
The subtitle gives you an indication that this is not exactly a reading experience, but a guidebook during your actually sojourn. While it contains some useful pre-trip information, Stephenson concentrates on detailing the flora and fauna that are on each island, and their approximate locations, in a format that is almost like a checklist (or, for the birders out there, a lifelist). Stephenson is knowledgeable, and her information accurate as far as I can tell, but there's really no savoir faire here, and there's the rub. If I had only this to base my foreknowledge of the islands, I'm not so sure I'd be so excited about going. Luckily, there's other books that are better at capturing the uniqueness of the islands and their place in history and our world today.
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The handbook is well-written, from the viewpoint of a conservationist. Lots of natural history and explaination of the ecology of these islands. A good resource for visitors.
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For nearly a century and a half, since Darwin's visit in 1835, the Galapagos Islands have been recognized as a living laboratory for the study of biological evolution. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Santa Cruz, Puerto Ayora, San Cristobal, Plaza Sur, Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin Research Station, Palo Santo, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Daphne Major, Punta Cormoran, Sullivan Bay, Seymour Norte, Sombrero Chino, Tortoise Reserve, Las Bachas, Post Office Bay, Devil's Crown, Sally Lightfoot, Caleta Tortuga Negra, Travel Tips New!
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For nearly a century and a half, since Darwin's visit in 1835, the Galapagos Islands have been recognized as a living laboratory for the study of biological evolution. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Santa Cruz, Puerto Ayora, San Cristobal, Plaza Sur, Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin Research Station, Palo Santo, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Daphne Major, Punta Cormoran, Sullivan Bay, Seymour Norte, Sombrero Chino, Tortoise Reserve, Las Bachas, Post Office Bay, Devil's Crown, Sally Lightfoot, Caleta Tortuga Negra, Travel Tips New!
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- Voyage of the Beagle (National Geographic Adventure Classics) by Charles Darwin on 4 pages
- The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition by Charles Darwin on page 23
- Ecuador: A Climbing Guide by Yossi Brain in Back Matter
- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on page 23
- The Collins Field Guide to the Birds of Galapagos by Michael Philip Harris in Back Matter
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