Publisher's Synopsis
In 1979, the Galapagos Islands was one of the earliest World Heritage Sites to be selected by UNESCO, a designation intended to protect and preserve sites of cultural and natural heritage around the world. Today, there are over 1000 World Heritage Sites and the Galapagos Islands are one of the most widely valued. Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands in 1835 and spent several decades studying the flora and fauna of the islands. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, one of the most important ideas in all of science. In this richly illustrated tour of the Galapagos, world renowned photographer and naturalist Wayne Lynch captures the unique wildlife living here, including the Galapagos tortoise, the marine iguana, the flightless cormorant, the blue-footed boobie and the magnificent frigatebird.
