Guides: Alumni Travel Reading: Galapagos Islands

The Galapagos Islands

Courtesy of commons.wikimedia.org.

Bibliographer

Selected and Annotated By:

Melanie Cedrone

Collections and Information Services

Environmental Science

mcedrone @ mail.med.upenn.edu

Website Edited By:

Kelsey LeClair

Specialist in Classical Studies

Administrative Assistant, Penn Libraries

kleclair @ pobox.upenn.edu

For more information about the Penn excursion, please visit the Penn Alumni Travel website.

Guidebooks

Galapagos Wildlife by David Horwell; Pete Oxford
ISBN: 1841623601
Publication Date: 2011
Written by two expert naturalists who are passionate about the Galápagos, this guide is packed with entertaining descriptions and full-color photography aids in identifying key species both on land and below water.
Galapagos by Paul D. Stewart; Richard Dawkins (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0300122306
Publication Date: 2007
Rocky, fragile, beautiful, strange—the Galápagos archipelago is unlike any other place on earth. Its geology, its unique flora and fauna, and its striking role in human history intersect in surprising and dynamic ways. This book is the most wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated book available on the famous islands. Not since Darwin’s Naturalist’s Voyage has a book combined so much scientific and historic information with firsthand accounts that bring the Galápagos to life.

Darwin's Galapagos

Charles Darwin's Notebooks from the Voyage of the Beagle by Gordon Chancellor (Editor); John van Wyhe (Editor); Richard Darwin Keynes (Foreword by); Kees Rookmaaker (Assisted by)
Call Number: QH365 .A1 2009
ISBN: 9780521517577
Publication Date: 2009
This is the first full edition of the notebooks used by Darwin during his epic voyage in the Beagle. It contains transcriptions of all fifteen notebooks, which now survive as some of the most precious documents in the history of science. The notebooks record the entire range of Darwin's interests and activities during the Beagle journey, with observations on geology, zoology, botany, ecology, barometer and thermometer readings, ethnography, anthropology, archaeology and linguistics, along with maps, drawings, financial records, shopping lists, reading notes, essays and personal diary entries.
Darwin in Galapagos by Gregory B. Estes; K. Thalia Grant
Call Number: QH366.2 .G665 2009
ISBN: 9780691142104
Publication Date: 2009
In 1835, during his voyage on HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin spent several weeks in Galápagos exploring the islands and making extensive notes on their natural history. Darwin in Galápagos is the first book to recreate Darwin's historic visit to the islands, following in his footsteps day by day and island by island as he records all that he observes around him.
Galapagos by Tui De Roy (Editor); Sarah Darwin (Foreword by)
Call Number: QH198.G3 G35 2009
ISBN: 9781554074846
Publication Date: 2009
This book was written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of Galapagos National Park and the International Charles Darwin Foundation. Coincidentally, it also marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species and the 200th anniversary of his birth. This beautifully photographed book includes insightful essays and fascinating stories by 30 of the world's leading Galapagos researchers, who describe the challenges and successes of conservation efforts, past and present.
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
Call Number: Van Pelt Library PS3572.O5 G3 1985
ISBN: 0385294166
Publication Date: 1985
The ghost of a shipbuilder tells the story of an ill-fated cruise to the Galapagos Islands.

The Galapagos in Film

Courtesy of commons.wikimedia.org.

Darwin's Dangerous Idea. WGBH Boston Video, 2001. Van Pelt - Video Collection. DVD 016 632.

Darwin’s Dangerous Idea is an episode in the PBS Evolution series from 2001. Follow Darwin on his voyage to the Galapagos and discover how his “dangerous idea” came to be.

Available from the library and for purchase.

-----------------------------

Courtesy of commons.wikimedia.org.

Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World. Beverly Hills, Calif.: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004. Van Pelt - Video Collection. DVD 011 618.

Fictitious tale of the HMS Surprise and her mission off the coast of South America during the Napoleonic Wars. While mainly a high seas adventure, look for the story sideline that involves a visit to the Galapagos Islands and the unusual wildlife that live there.

Available from the library and for purchase.