The earth and its inhabitants .. . hese islands remained uninhabited till the arrival of the buccaneers,who used them as a rallying point for their attacks on the Spanish main, and also for repairing their ships and distributing their plunder. During the 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 the first official survey was that of Alonso de Torres, 200 SOUTU AMERICA—THE ANDES EEGIONS. dcsputcbed for the purpose by the Viceroy of Peru in 17J-1. Even tliis summarye
The earth and its inhabitants .. . hese islands remained uninhabited till the arrival of the buccaneers,who used them as a rallying point for their attacks on the Spanish main, and also for repairing their ships and distributing their plunder. During the 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 the first official survey was that of Alonso de Torres, 200 SOUTU AMERICA—THE ANDES EEGIONS. dcsputcbed for the purpose by the Viceroy of Peru in 17J-1. Even tliis summaryexploration was followed by no attempt at colonisation, and during the War ofIndependence, Argentine pirates were able to establish themselves in the jirclii-pehif^o to mask their operations against the Spanish navy. The republic of l-lcuudor delayed occupation of the islands till 1832, since whiclitime they have been visited by few men of science; one of whom, however, was Fig. 103 — Galapagos I : . West or Greenwch 62 Miles. Charles Darwin, who explored iho group in Thanks to his researches, theGalapagos have acquired a definite and important f)lacc in biological studies. The fifteen islands 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 navigator-^ since the sixteenth century. Tothese, others have recently been added by the Ecuadoreaii 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 ARCHIPELAGO. 267 Subjoined is a table of the various islands, arranged in order of size, and with their resijective English and Spanish names. Albemarle; Isabella. Bindloe ; Marchena ; Torres. Indefatigable ; Infatiguable; Tierra de Valdez ; Abingdon ; Pinta ; Geraldino. Duke of Norfolk ; Santa Cruz ; Sa
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