Galapagos: World's End

by William Beebe

Book Overview

"Gal?pagos is a glorious book. It is high romance, exact science, fascinating history, wild adventure."--Nation
The Gal?pagos Islands are famed for their remarkable wildlife, including land and marine iguanas, land tortoises, four-eyed fish, and flightless cormorants and albatross. In 1835, Charles Darwin observed variations among the islands' species that inspired him to formulate the theory of natural selection. Eighty-eight years...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486256421
• ISBN13: 9780486256429
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.4"