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Galápagos (Spanish pronunciation:[ɡaˈlapaɣos]) is a province of Ecuador in the country's Insular region, located approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) off the western coast of the mainland. The capital is Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.
It is estimated that the islands were formed 8 million years ago as a result of tectonic activity on the seabed. The archipelago was likely inhabited long ago: the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in 1963 reported that he found Inca archaeological sites and objects. The Galapagos Islands were discovered by chance on 10 March 1535, when the Dominican friar Fray Tomas de Berlanga, Bishop of Panama, went to Peru in pursuance of an order of the Spanish monarch, Charles V, to arbitrate in a dispute between Francisco Pizarro and his subordinates after the conquest of the Inca empire. Because of a calm and strong currents, the ship of Bishop was dragged to the Galapagos. In chronicling his adventure, directed from Portoviejo Emperor Charles V on the discovery of the Galapagos Islands, Berlanga described the bleak desert conditions in the islands and the giant tortoises that inhabited them. He also described the marine iguanas, sea lions and many types of birds, emphasizing the unusual mildness of animals and expressed in the following words: It brought the ship very good weather of breezes seven days, that the pilot was making himself near the land and gave us calm six days; the currents were so large, they engulfed us so that Wednesday March 10, we saw an island and because the ship had no more water than for two days, agreed to take the boat and go ashore for water and grass for the horses. And having left, they found nothing but sea lions, turtles and tortoises so big that one could carry a man on top, and many iguanas who are like serpents. Another day we saw another bigger island which is that of large mountains, and believing that there for its greatness as for its monstrosity it could not fail to have rivers and fruits, we went to it, because the first would go down ten or twelve leagues, and in this was drunk the water which there was in the ship and spent three days in taking the island, with calm, in which we men, like the horses suffered many labors there.
The first maps to include the islands were prepared by Abraham Ortelius and Gerardus Mercator around 1570. The islands were described as "the Galopegos Insulae" (Turtle Island). The Galapagos were used by pirates hideout in English as trips to plunder Spanish galleons carrying gold and silver from America to Spain. The first known pirate to visit the islands was Richard Hawkins, in 1593. From then until 1816 many pirates came to the archipelago.
Adult Galápagos sea lion resting on a park bench in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.
The first scientific mission that visited the Galapagos was the Malaspina expedition, a Spanish expedition led by Alejandro Malaspina, who arrived in 1790. However, the records of the expedition were never published.
In 1793, James Colnett, (1753 – 1 September 1806) was an officer of the British Royal Navy, an explorer, and a maritime fur trade described the flora and fauna of the islands and suggested they could be used as base for the whalers operating in the Pacific Ocean. Collnet also drew the first charts of the Galapagos. These whalers captured and killed thousands of tortoises in the archipelago because the tortoises could survive for months without food or drink. The gigantic Galapagos tortoises were transported inside the holds of whaling ships. A phrase "living cupboards" could be desortugas would be kept alive and killed when fresh meat was required by the whaling crews. Tortoises provided fresh protein on the long journeys typical of whaling ships. Hunting of these tortoises was the cause of the large decrease of their population, and in some cases the destruction of certain species of the Galapagos Tortoise.
^(in Spanish) Censo de Población y Vivienda, Galápagos 2006 2009-09-19 at the Wayback Machine. Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos (INEC).
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish July 2012 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Spanish article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 5 227 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at es Provincia de Galapagos see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated es Provincia de Galapagos to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Galapagos Province news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article is about the province For the geography and biology see Galapagos Islands Galapagos Spanish pronunciation ɡaˈlapaɣos is a province of Ecuador in the country s Insular region located approximately 1 000 km 620 mi off the western coast of the mainland The capital is Puerto Baquerizo Moreno Galapagos Province Provincia de GalapagosProvinceSatellite photo of the Galapagos islandsFlagCoat of armsNickname Archipelago of GalapagosLocation of Galapagos ProvinceCantons of Galapagos ProvinceCoordinates 0 33 37 S 91 2 27 W 0 56028 S 91 04083 W 0 56028 91 04083Country EcuadorCreatedFebruary 18 1973Named forGalapagos IslandsCapitalPuerto Baquerizo MorenoCantonsList of cantons IsabelaSan CristobalSanta CruzGovernment GovernorNorman Wray 2019 Area Province45 000 km2 17 000 sq mi Land8 010 km2 3 090 sq mi Highest elevation1 710 m 5 610 ft Lowest elevation0 m 0 ft Population 2022 census 1 Province28 583 Density0 64 km2 1 6 sq mi Urban22 741Time zoneUTC 6 GALT Area code 0 5ISO 3166 codeEC WVehicle registrationWLanguagesSpanishHDI 2017 0 801 2 very high 2ndWebsitewww wbr gobernaciongalapagos wbr gob wbr ecThe province administers the Galapagos Islands a group of tiny volcanic islands that sit on the equator famous for their unique biodiversity popularized by naturalist Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution Contents 1 Demographics 2 History 3 Early explorations 4 Political divisions 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksDemographics editEthnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010 3 Mestizo 74 5 White 9 7 Indigenous 7 0 Afro Ecuadorian 5 2 Montubio 1 9 Other 1 7 History editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message It is estimated that the islands were formed 8 million years ago as a result of tectonic activity on the seabed The archipelago was likely inhabited long ago the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in 1963 reported that he found Inca archaeological sites and objects The Galapagos Islands were discovered by chance on 10 March 1535 when the Dominican friar Fray Tomas de Berlanga Bishop of Panama went to Peru in pursuance of an order of the Spanish monarch Charles V to arbitrate in a dispute between Francisco Pizarro and his subordinates after the conquest of the Inca empire Because of a calm and strong currents the ship of Bishop was dragged to the Galapagos In chronicling his adventure directed from Portoviejo Emperor Charles V on the discovery of the Galapagos Islands Berlanga described the bleak desert conditions in the islands and the giant tortoises that inhabited them He also described the marine iguanas sea lions and many types of birds emphasizing the unusual mildness of animals and expressed in the following words It brought the ship very good weather of breezes seven days that the pilot was making himself near the land and gave us calm six days the currents were so large they engulfed us so that Wednesday March 10 we saw an island and because the ship had no more water than for two days agreed to take the boat and go ashore for water and grass for the horses And having left they found nothing but sea lions turtles and tortoises so big that one could carry a man on top and many iguanas who are like serpents Another day we saw another bigger island which is that of large mountains and believing that there for its greatness as for its monstrosity it could not fail to have rivers and fruits we went to it because the first would go down ten or twelve leagues and in this was drunk the water which there was in the ship and spent three days in taking the island with calm in which we men like the horses suffered many labors there Early explorations editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The first maps to include the islands were prepared by Abraham Ortelius and Gerardus Mercator around 1570 The islands were described as the Galopegos Insulae Turtle Island The Galapagos were used by pirates hideout in English as trips to plunder Spanish galleons carrying gold and silver from America to Spain The first known pirate to visit the islands was Richard Hawkins in 1593 From then until 1816 many pirates came to the archipelago Alexander Selkirk 1676 13 December 1721 also known as Alexander Selcraig was a Scottish sailor who was the man whose adventures on the islands of Juan Fernandez explorer c 1536 c 1604 was a Spanish explorer and navigator in the Pacific regions of the Viceroyalty of Peru and Captaincy General of Chile west of colonial South America who inspired Daniel Defoe to write Robinson Crusoe visited the Galapagos in 1708 after he was rescued from the island of Juan Fernandez by the privateer Woodes Rogers Rogers was at the archipelago to repair their ships after sacking Guayaquil nbsp Adult Galapagos sea lion resting on a park bench in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno The first scientific mission that visited the Galapagos was the Malaspina expedition a Spanish expedition led by Alejandro Malaspina who arrived in 1790 However the records of the expedition were never published In 1793 James Colnett 1753 1 September 1806 was an officer of the British Royal Navy an explorer and a maritime fur trade described the flora and fauna of the islands and suggested they could be used as base for the whalers operating in the Pacific Ocean Collnet also drew the first charts of the Galapagos These whalers captured and killed thousands of tortoises in the archipelago because the tortoises could survive for months without food or drink The gigantic Galapagos tortoises were transported inside the holds of whaling ships A phrase living cupboards could be desortugas would be kept alive and killed when fresh meat was required by the whaling crews Tortoises provided fresh protein on the long journeys typical of whaling ships Hunting of these tortoises was the cause of the large decrease of their population and in some cases the destruction of certain species of the Galapagos Tortoise nbsp Panoramic of the beach at Tortuga Bay Political divisions editThe province is divided in three cantons each encompassing a number of islands They are Canton Pop Area km Capital Principal islandsIsabela 1 780 5 367 Puerto Villamil Darwin Fernandina Isabela WolfSan Cristobal 6 142 849 Puerto Baquerizo Moreno Espanola Floreana Genovesa San Cristobal Santa FeSanta Cruz 11 262 1 794 Puerto Ayora Baltra Bartolome Marchena North Seymour Pinta Pinzon Rabida Santa Cruz SantiagoGalapagos 19 184 8 010 Puerto Baquerizo Moreno 4 See also editProvinces of Ecuador Cantons of Ecuador Galapagos National ParkReferences edit Citypopulation de Villalba Juan Human Development Index in Ecuador Scribd in Spanish Retrieved 2019 02 05 Resultados in Spanish Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda Galapagos 2006 Archived 2009 09 19 at the Wayback Machine Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos INEC External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Galapagos Province nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Galapagos Galapagos National Park Galapagos Islands xeric scrub Terrestrial Ecoregions World Wildlife Fund Galapagos geology with general information on the Galapagos Islands INEC map of the cantons Parishes within the cantons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Galapagos Province amp oldid 1190721011, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
