Evolution’s Workshop (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward J. Larson
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Science and history
- Time of Work: 1835 to the present
- Setting: Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
- Principal Characters: Charles Darwin, Louis Agassiz, David Starr Jordan, David L. Lack
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Science and technology
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Science or scientists, Islands, Sea or seafaring life, Ecology, Environment or environmental health, Turtles, Exploration or explorers, Evolution, Natural history
- Locales: Galápagos Islands
The first explorers to visit the Galápagos Islands were Spaniards, who reached that remote Pacific Ocean archipelago in 1535, only three years after Spain had conquered South America’s Inca Empire. To a rising colonial power still marveling over its new riches from Mexico and Peru, the uninhabited Galápagos had nothing to offer—no mineral riches, no trade goods, no produce, no game, not even fresh water with which to resupply ships. As word of their bleakness spread, later navigators generally bypassed the islands. Even England’s Captain James Cook steered his great...
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