The Galapagos Island
How to conserve
Galapagos Tortoise Conservation
Galapagos Penguin Conservation
Control of Invasive Species at Galapagos
Prevention of New Invasive Species
Responsible Fishing
what & where interesting
Island
Sam Gristobal Island
Isbela Island
Fernandina Island
Espanola Island
Animals
Galapagos Sea Lion
Frigate Birds
Land Iguanas
Sally Lightfoot Crabs
what creatures are like
Galápagos giant tortoise
Marine iguanas
Galápagos land iguana
Darwin’s finches
According to history, the first visitor to the archipelago is a sailor of the Chimu culture (Chimu) from northern Peru in 1485, but from the written record The first person to mention the islands is the Bishop of Panama. It arrived on March 10, 1535. Shortly after, in 1570, the Galapagos Islands appeared on the world map for the first time. On September 15, 1835, Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands. Staying in the archipelago for five weeks, Darwin traveled by Beagle, stopping at the four main islands: Chatham Island, Charles Island, Albermarle Island and James Island, spending 19 days in collection of samples and observe the botanical and zoological features here. Darwin called the islands "living laboratory of evolution" Diversity and diversity of life in the islands. This gave Darwin the idea of natural selection and the theory of evolution. and when Charles Darwin published a book The Origin of Species (full name The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection) in 1859, people knew more about the Galapagos Islands.