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