Galápagos : a natural history /

Galápagos : a natural history /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kricher, John C., author.
Edition:	Second edition .
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.
Description:	1 online resource ( 497 p.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Natural history -- Galapagos Islands. Evolution (Biology) -- Galapagos Islands. Galapagos Islands.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12885718

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Other authors / contributors:	Loughlin, Kevin C., author, photographer.
ISBN:	9780691242538 0691242534
Notes:	Previous edition: 2006. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 12, 2022).
Other form:	Print version: Kricher, John Galápagos Princeton : Princeton University Press,c2022 9780691217246

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 GALℓPAGOS
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 GALℓPAGOS"
CHAPTER 12 THE ISLANDS AND THEIR LANDING SITES
Appendix: Names of the Largest Gal̀pagos Islands
INDEX