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Key Environments Galapagos


by Roger Perry

  • SCIENCE
  • 1984
  • HARD COVER
  • OUT OF PRINT

Each of the 19 chapters in this excellent overview of the geology, oceanography, ecology and wildlife of the archipelago is by a different specialist. (GPS103, $)

Geology and Petrology of the Galapagos Islands


by Alexander R. McBirney

  • SCIENCE
  • 1969
  • HARD COVER
  • 197 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

This classic account was produced by the 1964 Galapagos International Scientific Project. (GPS101, $)

The Gigantic Land Tortoises of the Galapagos Archipelago

The Gigantic Land Tortoises of the Galapagos Archipelago


by John Van Denburgh

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1914
  • HARD COVER
  • 364 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Van Denburgh's classic 1914 monographs on giant tortoises based on material obtained by the 1905-06 California Academy of Sciences expedition to the Galapagos. (GPS100, $28.95)

My Father's Island, A Galapagos Quest

My Father's Island, A Galapagos Quest


by Johanna Angermeyer

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 303 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

In this affecting memoir, Johanna, daughter of one of the original settlers in Santa Cruz, recounts life in Pelican Bay and the highlands in the 1970s, when she returned with her family. (GPS97, $24.95)

Infinite Ecuador

Infinite Ecuador


by Sebastian Crespo

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 131 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

The Andes, Amazon, Pacific, Galapagos, historic cities, remote villages and farms are all on display in this collection of photographs. (EDR28, $50.00)

Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean by Captain David Porter in the United States Frigate Essex in the Years 1812, 1


by David Porter

  • JOURNAL
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • OUT OF PRINT

A naval classic, Porter's journal chronicles his voyages aboard the U.S. frigate Essex in 1812, 1813 and 1814 to South America, including Brazil, Chile, Peru and Galapagos. (PAC180, $35.00)

Galapagos, Wild Portraits

Galapagos, Wild Portraits


by Tui De Roy | Mark Jones

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 111 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
  • OUT OF PRINT

The roving team of Tui and Mark Jones assembled this irresistible compendium of colorful sea lions, blue-footed boobies, sally lightfoot crabs, marine iguanas, whales and other creatures of the Galapagos. (GPS77, $39.95)

Floreana, A Women's Pilgrimage to the Galapagos


by Margaret Wittmer

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Wittmer's well-told version of eking out a living on rugged Floreana Island. (GPS18, $11.95)

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