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ContentsEach entry in red is a link to a PDF file | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Preface | vii | ||
| Acknowledgements | xi | ||
| A Galápagos Timeline (196 Kb) | xv | ||
| 1 | The Inca Visits Galápagos | 1 | |
| 2 | The Bishop Pays a Call | 5 | |
| 3 | Captain William Dampier, Pirate and Hydrographer | 19 | |
| 4 | William Ambrosia Cowley, Marriner | 43 | |
| 5 | The Legend of Irish Pat | 63 | |
| 6 | Journal of a Cruise | 83 | |
| 7 | The Search for Lieutenant Cowan | 107 | |
| 8 | Charles Darwin Slept Here | 131 | |
| 9 | The Geography of Herman Melville (743 Kb) | 159 | |
| 10 | The Small World of Manuel J. Cobos | 175 | |
| 11 | How Academy Bay Got its Name | 187 | |
| 12 | The Lighthouse Keeper of Wreck Bay | 207 | |
| 13 | The Galápagos Dream | 231 | |
| 14 | The Voyages of the Velero III | 243 | |
| 15 | Margret and the Baroness (1 Mb) | 251 | |
| 16 | A Monumental Tale | 273 | |
| 17 | The Galápagos Files | 287 | |
| 18 | Who Killed the Iguanas? (4.6 Mb) | 299 | |
| 19 | A Visit to Casa Wittmer | 315 | |
| 20 | Islands for Sale or Lease | 325 | |
| 21 | The Short Unhappy Life of Filiate Science Antrorse | 329 | |
| 22 | A Brief History of History | 347 | |
| 23 | What's in a Name? | 371 | |
| Notes | 383 | ||
| Bibliography | 403 | ||
| Index (274 Kb) | 423 | ||
| Index of Illustrations | 437 | ||