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Contents
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 Prefacevii
 Acknowledgementsxi
 A Galápagos Timeline (complete, 3 pages—196 Kb)xv
1The Inca Visits Galápagos1
2The Bishop Pays a Call5
3Captain William Dampier, Pirate and Hydrographer19
4William Ambrosia Cowley, Marriner43
5The Legend of Irish Pat63
6Journal of a Cruise83
7The Search for Lieutenant Cowan107
8Charles Darwin Slept Here131
9The Geography of Herman Melville159
10The Small World of Manuel J. Cobos175
11How Academy Bay Got its Name187
12The Lighthouse Keeper of Wreck Bay207
13The Galápagos Dream231
14The Voyages of the Velero III243
15Margret and the Baroness (6-page excerpt—1Mb)251
16A Monumental Tale273
17The Galápagos Files287
18Who Killed the Iguanas? (complete, 16 pages—4.6Mb)299
19A Visit to Casa Wittmer315
20Islands for Sale or Lease325
21The Short Unhappy Life of Filiate Science Antrorse329
22A Brief History of History347
23What's in a Name?371
 Notes383
 Bibliography403
 Index (complete, 14 pages—274 Kb)423
 Index of Illustrations437