Momentul decisiv – Galapagos (IV – final)

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I have not as yet noticed by far the most remarkable feature in the natural history of this archipelago, it is, that the different islands to a considerable extent are inhabited by a different set of beings. My attention was first called to this fact by the Vice-Governor,Mr Lawson, declaring that the tortoises differed from [...]

Momentul decisiv – Galapagos (III)

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The natural history of these islands is eminently curious, and well deserves attention. Most of the organic productions are aboriginal creations, found nowhere else; there is even a difference between the inhabitants of the different islands; yet all show a marked relationship with those of America, though separated from that continent by an open space [...]

Momentul decisiv – Galapagos (II)

 
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The Beagle sailed around Chatham island and anchored in several bays. One night i slept on shore on a part of the island where black truncated cones were extraordinarily numerous: from one small eminence i counted sixty of them, all surmounted by craters more or less perfect. The greater number consisted merely of a ring [...]

Momentul decisiv – Galapagos (I)

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“This archipelago consists of ten principle islands, of which five exceed the others in size. They are situated under the Ecuator, and between five and six hunderd miles westward of the coast of America. They are all formed of volcanic rocks; a few fragments of granite curiously glazed and altered by the heat can heardly [...]