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NOTE: For engravings, the names (if any) are assumed to be: lower left; the illustrator, lower right; the engraver.
Subject's name [in brackets] if artist is unknown.

Anonymous

1859

Engraving: “Catching Turtle.” In “Cruise of the Essex” in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. XIX, August, 1859, pp.289-310. New York: Harper Brothers.

ca. 1890

Engraving: “View in King Charles Island, one of the Galapagos Group.” In Robert Brown's The Countries of the World, Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and People of the Globe. Volume III: Central America; South America. London: Cassell Petter & Galpin.

Belanske, William Emil

1927

Watercolors from the artist's original color proofs of fish taken in Galápagos. In To Galápagos on the Ara (Vanderbilt).

Bérard, Evremond de [engraver, with various illustrators]

1875

Five Engravings in Collins: All Round the World.

ca. 1880

Albemarle Island. London(?): Source unknown.

Archipiélago de Galápagos ― Aguada de la Isla Cárlos. Source unknown.
Compare Bull, Lemaître, de Berard engravings.

[Berlanga, Fray Tomás de]

Portrait of Bishop Berlanga in Panama Cathedral. Artist unknown.

Bognoly, José A. & José Moisés Espinosa

1917

Drawings of old and new lighthouses at Isla San Cristóbal.
See also Ralph Stock for lighthouse photo.

Bronson, Wilfred S.

1930

Paintings of Galápagos tortoises, fishes, in Astor Expedition report.

Bull, S.

1839

Engravings based on Galápagos drawings by Midshipman Philip Gidley King. In FitzRoy: Narrative of the Surveying Voyages …
Compare Bull, Lemaître, de Berard engravings.

Chancellor, John

1980

Painting: HMS Beagle in the Galápagos, plus background source sketch, modern composite photo.
Background details about painting at http://darwin-online.org.uk.

Cooke, Edward

1712

Sketches of island profiles. In A Voyage to the South Sea.

Cooper, Isobel

1924

Giant Land Iguana, Plate VI in William Beebe's Galápagos: World's End.

[Dampier, Robert]

1948

Portrait of Robert Dampier. In To the Sandwich Islands on H. M. S. Blonde. Artist unknown.

Gallardo, Christine

2002

Prometheus en Isla Wolf. After Henry Fuseli (1741-1825).

[Gamble, John Marshall]

ca. 1830

Portrait and gravesite photo. The former by unknown artist. Gamble fought and won a duel with John Cowan, whose obituary appeared in the Niles Weekly Register (Hezikiah Niles, Ed.).

Harpers Weekly

1877

Engraving: Wild Bull Shooting in the Galapagos Islands. In February 24 Supplement, p. 160 — The same illustration appeared in the Illustrated London News, March 10, p. 228.
See also JPEG2000 image.

Illustrated London News

1850

Engraving: Gigantic Land Tortoise,—A Present for Her Majesty. In July 13 issue. See HMS Geyser on the “Ships” page for details about the ship that brought the tortoise to England.

Lemaître, Agustin François & Leon Gaucherel

ca. 1850

Engravings Iles Gallapagos: Aiguade dans L'Ile Chatam and Ile Charles. Paris: Publisher unknown.
Compare Bull, Lemaître, de Berard engravings.

Mesnard, Theodore Romuald Georges

1841

Lithographs of Post Office Bay. In Petit-Thouars' L'Atlas Pittoresque.

Mützel, Gustav (artist), Karl Jahrmargt (engraver)

ca. 1892

Plates in Alfred Edmund Brehms Tierleben (Animal Life). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut

1893, 96

Same, in The Royal Natural History. Volume V: Reptiles and Fishes. 6 Volumes. London: Frederick Warne & Co.

Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas & William Alexander

1798

Engraving: “Albemarle Island, the Westernmost§ of the Gallapagos Isles, Cape Berkeley.” In Atlas accompanying Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery.
Ship's position, according to details on engraving.
See also MrSID image.

§ Actually, Cabo Douglas on Isla Fernandina is about 4½ miles farther west than Cape Berkeley.

Shillibeer, John

1817

Sketch of Kicker Rock. In A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage to Pitcairn's Island.

Webb, James

1932

Ex Libris Book Plate created for Captain George Allan Hancock, showing his Velero III. Aircraft symbolizes the Allan Hancock College of Aeronautics.

Leong, S/Sgt. Sing

1944

Centerfold cartoon of “The Rock” from the The Caribbean Breeze. Vol. 4, No. 10 (November), and postcard. New Orleans: Sixth Air Force.

Pellegrini, Carlo

ca. 1870

Caricatures of Darwin and his circle. London: Vanity Fair.

Sambourne, Linley

1881-82

Cartoons of Huxley and Darwin. London: Punch magazine.

Bank of England

2000

Darwin £10 Note. London: Bank of England.

Guesalaga Toro, Vice Admiral Germán

1985

Plaque commemorating his July visit to Galápagos.

Ingenio “Progreso”

1884, 95, 97

Coins & Company Scrip: former counterpunched “RA” & “R,” latter (undated) signed by A. M. Reed. Wikipedia description of company scrip.

von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang

1935

“Darwin Medallion” commissioned by von Hagen and presented to President Velasco Ibarra.§
§ Apparently one of ten, as mentioned in a 1935 Straits Times (Singapore) report.

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MrSID image format.
JPEG 2000 image format.

Admiralty, British

1886

Map: Galápagos Islands, Surveyed by Captain FitzRoy, R. N. and the Officers of H. M. S. Beagle, 1836. With corrections to 1926.

Arrowsmith, Aaron

1805

Map: Chart of the Galapagos, Surveyed in the Merchant-Ship Rattler, and Drawn by Capt: James Colnett, of the Royal Navy.

Anonymous

ca. 1530

Vellum Chart: Pacific coast from Guatemala to Northern Perú.

Bowen, Emanuel

1744

Map: The Gallapagos Islands Discovered and Described by Capt. Cowley in 1684.

1747

Map: A New & Accurate Map of Mexico or New Spain together with California, New Mexico &c.

Galle, Philip

1579

Portrait of Abraham Ortelius. See also Ortelius below.

Harpers Weekly

1877

Engraving: Wild Bull Shooting in the Galapagos Islands. (Supplement to February 24 issue)

Moll, Herman

1697

Map: A Map of the World Shewing the Course of Mr. Dampier's Voyage Round it. From 1679 to 1691.

1726

Map: A New & Exact Map of the Coast, Countries and Islands within ye Limits of ye South Sea Company.

Ortelius, Abraham

1570

Map: Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.

Same.

Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas & William Alexander

1798

Engraving: “Albemarle Island, the Westernmost of the Gallapagos Isles, Cape Berkeley.” In Atlas accompanying Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery.

Savage, John

1692

Engraving of Prince Giolo. See also Prince Giolo below.

U. S. Army

1943

Map: Pacific Ocean, Special Map, Galapagos Islands, Seymour Island.

Aerial photo of island.

U. S. Hydrographic Office

1942

Map: Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Baltra Island. From a Survey by USS Bowditch in 1942. [First edition, apparent source for U. S. Army map above.]

U. S. Navy

1943

Map: U. S. Naval Base, South Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands.

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(Velero III voyage)

1932

Silent Film Clip: Captain Hancock and Iguana.

1933

Silent Film Clip: The Baroness and Robert Philippson on Isla Floreana.

En el Ojo Films

2004

Film Clip: U. S. Military Service Club, South Seymour Island, Galápagos Islands. From “The Rock: Galápagos en la II Guerra Mundial.”

[Astor, William Vincent]

1938

Photos of Astor's Nourmahal crew and local residents taken in Galápagos, probably on Isla San Cristóbal [further details unknown].

Baroness (Eloise Wehrborn de Wagner-Bousquet)

1933, 2014

Photos of The Baroness:

Pre-Galápagos photo taken in Paris, date unknown but published 12/12/1934,
Associated Press photo taken in Guayaquil,
an Emory Johnson film (1933 Hancock Expedition),
larevista.ec photo (May 18, 2014, color added)

Beebe, William & Ruth Rose

1923

Photos taken by New York photographers George Kadel & [?] Herbert, on return of the Harrison Williams Galápagos Expedition.

Conway, [Elmer] Ainslie & Frances

1948

Photo of the Conways. In The Enchanted Islands.

Dampier, William

Portraits of William Dampier.

Darwin, Charles

1874

Engraving by Moore (first name unknown), in April 18 Harper's Weekly.

1909

Bust by William Couper. New York: American Museum of Natural History. Images #5296 (left), #32287 (right).

1935-2005

Monument, Isla San Cristóbal.

ca. 1990

Bust at Down House.

2005

Monument, University of Guayaquil.

2008

Cambridge University's Christ's College website page with photo of Darwin bust at the College.

Dolinger, Jane (photographer)

1958

Unidentified San Cristóbal fisherman, questioned about disappearance of the Baroness.

FitzRoy, Robert

Portraits of Robert FitzRoy.

Giolo, Prince

1692

Engraving of Prince Giolo by John Savage (No connection to Galápagos, but brought to England by William Dampier and included here for general interest).

Hancock Expeditions

1932-34

Photos of Officers, Crew and Scientists from Hancock Expeditions to Galápagos.
See Palmer's Third Galapagos Trip for additional photos of officers and scientists.

Kastdalen, Alf

ca. 1935

Photo of Alf Kastdalen. © Jacob Lundh.

Levick, Thomas (“Johnson from London”) & Anita

1921-25

Photos taken by various visitors to Isla San Cristóbal.

Lord, Phillips

1933?

United Airlines press release photo [sic, Philip Lord in accompanying photo legend]. Stamped May 10, 1935 date is incorrect. See Chronology of the Seth Parker Voyage for more details.

Lorenz, Rudolph & Trygve Nuggerud

1933-34

Photos taken on Islas Floreana and Marchena.

Mercator, Gerard

Portrait of Gerard Mercator (left) and Jacob Hondius.

Ortelius, Abraham

ca. 1579

Portrait of Abraham Ortelius by Philip Galle. See also Galle above.

Porter, David

Portraits of David Porter.

Reiser, Saydee

1964

15 April Letter and Statement pertaining to the disappearance and search for Saydee Reiser on Isla Floreana, plus gravesite photo, photo of Ms. Reiser.

Ritter, Friedrich

ca. 1925

Photo of Friedrich Ritter.

[Ritter, Friedrich & Dore Strauch]

1934

Press photo of a couple on Isla Isabela, mis-identified as Ritter and Strauch.

Ritter, Friedrich & Dore Strauch

1934

Actual photo of Ritter and Strauch

Strauch, Dore

1934

Photo of Dore Strauch, December 25. © John Garth.

Wittmer, Margret

Photos of Margret Wittmer.

Agassiz, Alexander

1892

“Coral Sand Flat, Back of Landing Beach, Wreck Bay, Chatham Island; Plate XV in Agassiz: General Sketch …. Arrow buttons toggle between plate and Magic Lantern slide, with some loss due to surrounding black border.

Associated Press

1934

Dr. Ritter's home on Charles Island.

[Astor, William Vincent]

ca. 1933

Galápagos tortoise at Bermuda Government Aquarium. Gift of Vincent Astor. Further details unknown.

Estes, Greg & K. Thalia Grant

2002-03

WWII artifacts found on Islas Enderby and Genovesa.

Garth, John

1933-34

Galápagos Photos.
See also John Garth's photos of Lorenz & Nuggerud.

Grant, K. Thalia & Greg Estes

2003

Retaining wall on Isla Isabela. In Writing on Walls.

Hill, Anthony

2003

Johnstone, Tom

1937

Photos taken during visit of ship Zavorah.

Kastdalen Farmhouse

Casa “Miramar” ca. 1943 & 2005. [2005 photo courtesy Matthew James].

NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

2007

Satellite images of various small islands, viewed via Google Earth.

Ødegård, Robert & Tom Johnstone, Jacob Lundh

1920-60

Progreso, Isla San Cristóbal.

Snell, Heidi

2001-02

Aerial Photos of various islands, taken by Heidi Snell.

2004

Pottery fragments found on Islas San Salvador & San Cristóbal.

Stock, Ralph

1921

Photos at Isla San Cristóbal.
See also Bognoly & Espinosa for lighthouse drawings.

U. S. Army

WW II

Photos from WWII occupation of Galápagos Islands [More to follow ASAP].

P-40C Plane Crash on Isla Seymour Norte. John F. Mast (pilot) Accident Report

LB-30 Plane Crash on Isla Pinzón.

1943, 59

Aerial Photos from mapping missions by U. S. Army Air Forces (U. S. Air Force after 1947).

1945

Photos from “Galapagos Oasis” in Caribbean Breeze, February, Vol. V., No. 2, pp.14-15.

1959, 2007

Comparison of “S. O. S.” sign on Isla Seymour Norte. 1959: U. S. Army mapping mission; 2007: google earth image.

1989

29th Bomb Squadron reunion in Dayton, Ohio.

U. S. Navy

1942

Possible grave site of Lt. John S. Cowan, in Field Monograph of Galapagos Islands. Washington: U. S. Navy Department Office of Naval Intelligence.

Woram, John

1991

Gravesite of Cobos Family in Guayaquil.

2004

Grave of Capt. Pringle Stokes, HMS Beagle, near Port Famine, Chile.

2005-11

Photos from several cruises.

—

Death in Galápagos. Mother Nature is not always nice, so avoid these photos if you think Galápagos is part of DisneyLand.

Postal Items

Anonymous

ca. 1920

Postcard showing lighthouse keeper's shack on Isla San Cristóbal. The “AZO” and triangle arrangement on back indicate postcard was printed between 1918 and 1930.

Darwin, California

2005-06

Envelopes with a Darwin, California postmark of February 12 (Charles Darwin's birthdate).

Ecuador

ca. 1935(?)

Postcard photo of Five Fingers Rock (Roca Cinco Dedos ó Dalrymple) mis-identified as León Dormido. Actual León Dormido (“Kicker Rock”) visible on horizon at far left.

Ecuador, Republica del

1935

Postage Stamps issued to commemorate centenary of Darwin's visit to Galápagos.
Compare 1932 palm tree photo in J. F. Schimpff article with 2 Sucre postage stamp.

2006

“Piratas dell Golfo y Galápagos” postage stamps and first-day covers issued December 29 at Islas San Cristóbal and Santa Cruz.

Ewing, Ray S.

1936

Envelope & photo of PBY “Catalina.”

Foster, Paul F.

1941

Letter & envelope placed in Post Office Barrel on January 29, picked up by the Leon Mandel — Field Museum Expedition on the yacht Carola and mailed from Peru on February 27. Foster apparently visited Margret Wittmer, as the envelope bears one of her stamped postmarks.

Golden Cachalot

1969

Envelope carried on maiden voyage of first Galápagos tourist ship, mailed from Isla Santa Cruz.

Hancock Expedition

1938

Captain G. Allan Hancock at the Post Office Barrel, January 24, 1938. Photo courtesy John Garth.

Lina A

ca. 1969-70

Envelope apparently put in Post Office barrel by a Lina A passenger, subsequently picked up by someone on the ship Te Vega and mailed from Costa Rica. Since Lina A began Galápagos service on December 4, 1969, and the envelope is postmarked March (day and year unknown), it is assumed here that the year was 1970.

Lorenz, Karl

1934

Envelope addressed to Captain G. Allan Hancock, from Rudolph Lorenz' brother Karl. Contents unknown. Postmark shows day (26) and year (34), but month is unknown.

Panagra (Pan American-Grace Airways)

1936

Envelope postmarked October 20 to inaugurate Panagra air service from Ecuador. Galápagos stamps on rear of envelope.

Pazmiño, R.

1904

Postcard: Photo of Galápagos Insurrectionists.

Perkins, Cy

1938

Envelopes with enclosed notes, sent from Post Office Bay & Wreck Bay to his San Diego home.

Post Office Barrel

Map, photos & sketches of Post Office Barrel, Post Office Bay, Isla Floreana.

Royal Navy

1917

Postcard: HMS Lancaster crew members at Post Office barrel, Charles Island, November 28.

Seth Parker

1933-36

Envelopes posted from locations along Eastern coast of United States, Haiti, Panama, Tahiti and American Samoa. [Envelopes after American Samoa were posted in 1936, long after the voyage was prematurely abandoned in April, 1935.]
Undated letter enclosed in some envelopes.

U. S. Navy

NOTE: Each ship name below is a link to a description of that vessel on the “Ships” page.

1936

USS Chicago
Envelope postmarked June 8 with “GALAPAGOS ISLAND” in killer bars.

1937

USS Bagley
Envelopes from the ship's 1937 shakedown cruise to Galápagos. The ship post office stamped killer bars at the locations listed below (only Galápagos envelopes shown here though).

Outbound		Return
August 27	Portsmouth, Virginia	September 19	Balboa, Canal Zone
September 6	Guantánamo, Cuba	October 4	Portsmouth, Virginia
September 9	Balboa, Canal Zone
September 12	Wreck Bay, Galápagos
September 15	Post Office Bay, Galápagos

1938

3rd Presidential Cruise of the USS Houston
Envelope mailed from Post Office Barrel by crewmember(?) E. J. Rall.
Envelopes postmarked on return voyage to U. S. A.

USS Clark
Envelope postmarked July 15 with “MARE ISLAND: CALIF” in killer bars.

USS Erie
Envelope postmarked December 13 with “POST OFFICE BAY GALAPAGOS” in killer bars.

1941

USS S-45 (submarine).
Envelopes mailed from Post Office Barrel by commanding officer Lieutenant Ian C. Eddy and crewman Fred Gerlach (view letter), picked up by Vanderbilt yacht Pioneer.

USS J. Fred Talbott
Envelope & letter mailed from Post Office Barrel by “C. G. F.” picked up by Vanderbilt yacht Pioneer. (Letter re-typed for clarity, spelling as in original.)

Wittmer, Margret

Postmarks used by Margret Wittmer.

Xarifa (research vessel)

1953

Postcard from Lotte Hass to Dr. Hugo Mauerhofer.
See also ship photo on postcard.