REPTILES
- SANTA FE LAND IGUANA
- GIANT TORTOISE (11 SUBSPECIES)
- PACIFIC GREEN SEA TURTLE
- MARINE IGUANA (7 SUBSPECIES)
- GALAPAGOS LAND IGUANA
- LAVA LIZARD (7 SPECIES)
- GECKO (6 SPECIES)
- GALAPAGOS SNAKE (3 SPECIES)
Get excited about your upcoming Galápagos adventure by consulting some of the extraordinary literature focusing on the islands. Brush up on Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking scientific theories and celebrated adventures by consulting his famous texts, On Natural Selection, On the Origin of Species, and The Voyage of the Beagle.
Travelers can also consider the robust inventory of field guides, including the comprehensive Galápagos, a Natural History Guide by Michael H. Jackson and texts dedicated to marine life, ornithology, and the archipelago’s exotic flora.
For a sense of place with more of a plot, Herman Melville’s The Enchanted Isles and Kurt Vonnegut’s Galápagos are two of the most fascinating novels set here.
PUBLISHED BY LOCAL AUTHORS
LIGHTWEIGHT AND EASY TO PACK (PAPERBACK)
INSIGHTFUL READING ON DARWINISM
GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN
(2013) murder mystery documentary.
GALAPAGOS 3D WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH (SKY)
(2013) nature documentary series.
CREATION
(2010) starring Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly.
MASTER & COMMANDER, THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
(2008) Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany.
GALAPAGOS, THE ISLANDS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
(2007) Tilda Swinton.
GALAPAGOS (IMAX)
(2002) follow marine biologist Carole Baldwin to the ocean floor.