Wegenkaart - landkaart 3408 Adventure Map Galapagos eilanden | Nationa
Wegenkaart van alle Galapagos eilanden met vermelding van veel bezienswaardigheden, nationale parken en attrakties. Watervast en scheurvast. Juist door deze vermeldingen onderscheidt de kaart zich van andere wegenkaarten. Waterproof, Tear-Resistant Travel Map. Resting on the Nazca tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean approximately 600 miles west of Ecuador, the actively volcanic Galapagos Islands were discovered in 1535 by the bishop of Panama, Tom¤s de Berlanga, when his ship drifted off course. In 1835, naturalist Charles Darwin, aboard the H.M.S Beagle, arrived in the Galapagos and spent 5 weeks collecting geological and biological specimens from several islands, noting his surprise at the variety of birds, tortoises, iguanas and other creatures - all without fear of humans. Darwin's short visit inspired, in part, his 1859 theory of evolution by natural selection and led to the declaration of Galapagos as a national park 100 years later in 1959. Galapagos was declared the fir…
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