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.