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Suggested Reading

Natural History

Lonely Planet Ecuador & The Galapagos Islands
by Rob Rachowiecki
Galapagos Wildlife
by David Horwell, Pete Oxford,
Peter Oxford
Brandt Publications, 1999
Galapagos - A Natural History Guide
by Michael H. Jackson
Calgary, Alberta: The University of Calgary Press, 1985
Fauna del Ecuador
by Erwin Patzett
Quito: Banco Central del Ecuador, 1988
Available in Spanish Only
Marine Life of the Galapagos 
by Pierre Constat
Reef Fish Identification: Galapagos
by Paul Humann, Ned Deloach (Editor)
A Field Guide to Fish of the Galapagos
by Godfrey Merlen
Flora of the Galapagos Islands
by Ira L. Wiggins and Porter M. Duncan
Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1971
Flowering Plants of the Galapagos
by Conley K. McMullen

Birding Books

A Field Guide to the Birds of the Galapagos Islands
by Michael Harris
Williams & Sons LTD 1986
Birding Ecuador
by Clive Green
Available through the American Birding Association
A Guide to the Birds of the Galapagos Islands
by Antonia Phillips and Isabel C. Castro

History of the Galapagos Books

Galapagos: World's End
by William Beebe
New York: Dover Publications, 1924
Hard to Find
The Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin
London: John Murray, 1845
The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
London: John Murray, 1859

 

 

Coffee Table Books

Galapagos
by Nathan Farb and Michael Jackson
New York: Rizzoli International Publications Inc., 1989
Galapagos: Islands Born of Fire
by Tui de Roy
Spectacular Galapagos
by Tui de Roy
Galápagos, A Terrestrial and Marien Phenomenon
by Paul Humann

Narratives

The Beak of the Finch: 
A Story of Evolution in Our Time
by Jonathan Weiner
New York: Knopf, 1994
Pulitzer Prize Winner
The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles
by Herman Melville
New York: Fawcett Publications, 1967
Floreana
by Margaret Wittmer
Shropshire, England: Anthony Nelson Ltd., 1989
A must buy for anyone traveling on one of the Tip Top boats.
My Father's Islands, A Galapagos Quest
by Johana Angermeyer
A must buy for anyone traveling on one of the Sagitta, Sea Cloud or Diamante

Children's Books

An Old Shell : Poems of the Galapagos
by Tony Johnson and Tom Pohrt
Nilo and The Tortoise
by Ted Lewin
Scholastic Trade 1999
Penguins of the Galapagos
by Carol A. Amato, David Wenzel (Illustrator), Patrick O'Brien (Illustrator)
Galapagos: Islands of Change
by Christopher A. Myers (Contributor), Lynne Born Myers, Nathan Farb (Photographer)

Maps

Galapagos Map Ecuador Map

Videos

Galapagos Islands Land of Dragons Ecuador and The Galapagos Islands
Wonders of the Deep In the Wild with Richard Dreyfuss
Imax: Galapagos Master and Commander Far Side of the World

 

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