. The earth and its inhabitants ... s, tbese islands remained uninhabited till the arrival of the buccaneers,who used them as a rallying point for their attacks on the Spanish main, and alsofor repairing their ships and distributing their plunder. ■ During tbe second half of the seventeenth century trading-vessels carefullyavoided this nest of corsairs. Later the whalers utilised them as a victuallingstation for their fleets ; but tbe first official survey was that of Alonso de Torres, 266 SOUTH AMP]RICA—THE ANDES REGIONS. despatched for the purpose by the Viceroy of Peru in 1793. Even this su
. The earth and its inhabitants ... s, tbese islands remained uninhabited till the arrival of the buccaneers,who used them as a rallying point for their attacks on the Spanish main, and alsofor repairing their ships and distributing their plunder. ■ During tbe second half of the seventeenth century trading-vessels carefullyavoided this nest of corsairs. Later the whalers utilised them as a victuallingstation for their fleets ; but tbe first official survey was that of Alonso de Torres, 266 SOUTH AMP]RICA—THE ANDES REGIONS. despatched for the purpose by the Viceroy of Peru in 1793. Even this summaryexploration was followed by no attempt at colonisation, and during the War ofIndependence, Argentine pirates were able to establish themselves in the archi-pelago to mask their operations against the Spanish navy. The republic of Ecuador delayed occupation of the islands till 1832, since whichtime they have been visited by few men of science ; one of whom, however, was Fig. 103.—Galapagos 1 : 3,600, 62 MDes. Charles Darwin, who explored the group in 1836. Thanks to his researches, theGalapagos have acquired a definite and important place in biological studies. The fifteen ishinds and forty islets and reefs comprising the group havefrequently changed name, nor is it possible to identify all of the designationsadopted by Torres and the various navigators since the sixteenth century. Tothese, others have recently been added by the Ecuadorean Government ; never-theless, most even of the Spanish maps have retained the English names enteredduring the last half-century on the official charts of the British Admiralty. THE GALAPAGOS AECHIPELAGO. 267 Subjoined is a table of the various islands, arranged in order of size, and witt their respective English and Spanish names. Albemarle ; Isabella. Bindloe ; Marcbena ; Torres. Indefatigable ; Infatiguable ; Tierra de Valdez ; Abingdon ; Pinta ; Geraldino. Duke of Norfolk ; Santa Cruz ; Santiago. Tower ; Geno
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