Galápagos : : A Natural History Second Edition / / John C. Kricher, Kevin Loughlin.
A richly illustrated nature tour of Galápagos—now expanded, thoroughly updated, and with more than 650 color photographsGalápagos is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and profusely illustrated natural history of this spectacular archipelago. Offering much more information than identification guides, the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (496 p.) :; 665 color + 7 b/w illus. 4 maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- FOREWORD
- CHAPTER 1 NOTHING COULD BE LESS INVITING
- CHAPTER 2 FIRST BY BUCANIERS AND LATTERLY BY WHALERS
- CHAPTER 3 THIS ARCHIPELAGO
- CHAPTER 4 EMINENTLY CURIOUS: CHARLES DARWIN AND THE GALÁPAGOS
- CHAPTER 5 AT LEAST 2000 CRATERS
- CHAPTER 6 THESE GREAT MONSTERS
- CHAPTER 7 HIDEOUS-LOOKING CREATURES
- CHAPTER 8 ALL THE BIRDS WERE SO TAME
- CHAPTER 9 ONE SMALL, INTIMATELY RELATED GROUP OF BIRDS
- CHAPTER 10 SEVERAL HUGE WHALES
- CHAPTER 11 “THE BEAGLE SAILED FOR THE GALÁPAGOS”
- CHAPTER 12 THE ISLANDS AND THEIR LANDING SITES
- Appendix: Names of the Largest Galápagos Islands
- INDEX