Galapagos

Description: Galapagos Very Good - Text unmarked - Binding and Cover Clean and Tight - Ready to Ship By -- Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Translated by -- Alan Houghton Brodrick Published by -- MacGibbon & Kee, 1960, London, 192 Pages, Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Hardcover, 8.75" X 5.5" X .75", 15 oz. [DUST JACKET]"The author, a zoologist and specialist in animal behaviour at the Max Planck Institute, first visited the Galapagos Islands in 1954 as a member of the Hans Hass underwater expedition. Since then he has returned to the Islands under the sponsorship of the United Nations and the International Union for Conservation of Nature to establish a permanent wild-life sanctuary there for the protection and study of the most unusual animal colony in the world. The Galapagos are famous through their connections with Darwin and because of the unique fauna which to this day may be found there. Like the giant tortoises, dragon-like iguanas, and flightless cormorants, most of their wild-life exists nowhere else. Their volcanic origins give the Islands a barren, surprising beauty, especially in their setting of Pacific grandeur. They support both tropical and arctic forms of life and have a long history of exotic human inhabitants. Writing of the Islands and of their flora and fauna, Dr Eibl-Eibesfeldt has given us a book of scientific importance about one of the least accessible parts of the world. He matches his knowledge of the curious habits of their wild-life with a capacity to describe and enjoy the fabulous world the Spaniards called 'the Bewitched Isles'." #instabooks #MarineIguana #Vintage #VoyageOfTheBeagle #Bookstagram #Books #Bookworm #SeaLion #Antiquarian #BlueFootedBooby #GalapagosPenguin #collectiblebooks #DarwinsFinches #BooksBooksBooks #Archipelago #readersofinstagram #booksforsale #NaturalSelection #GalapagosLandIguana #instaread #CharlesDarwin #booksale #GalapagosIslands #bibliophile #Tortoise #CoverArt #bookcollecting #Ecuador #CuttleboneBooks

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