"Nothing could be less inviting than the first appearance. A broken field of black basaltic lava, thrown into the most rugged waves, and corssed by great fissures, is everywhere covered by stunted, sun-burnt brushwood, which shows little signs of life. The dry and parched surface, being heated by the noon-day sun, gave to the air a close and sultry feeling, like that from a stove: we fancied even that the bushes smelt unpleasantly."

Resources

Images

Courses

The Darwin Revolution - a course by Tim Lenoir

Selected References

Galápagos: A Natural History by Michael H. Jackson
University of Calgary Press, 1993

Evolution

The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner, Vintage, 1994
Description of work by Peter and Rosemary Grant and colleagues, primarily on Daphne Major

Picture Books

Galapagos: Islands Lost in Time by Tui De Roy Moore Viking, 1980

Galapagos: A Terrestrial and Marine Phenomenon by Paul Humann Ediciones Libri Mundi Enriquegrosse-Luemern, 1988

A Visit To Galaacute;pagos by Katie Lee Harry N Abrams, Inc., 1994 (drawings)

And for something different:

Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut

Teaching a Stone to Talk : Expeditions and Encounters by Annie Dillard
(contains a poem about the Galápagos)

Floreana; A Woman's Pilgrimage to the Galapagos by Margaret Wittmer

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Bob and Tom's Excellent Adventure
June 15-25, 1997
aboard the Corinthian
Stanford field seminar
We're off to see the lizards...

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