The curse of the giant tortoise :
LaTorre T., Octavio
The curse of the giant tortoise : tragedies, mysteries and crimes in the Galapagos Islands / Octavio Latorre T. - First Edition - 237 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Tragedies, mysteries and crimes in the Galapagos Islands.
Chapter I Voyages of no return and the discovery of the Galapagos -- Chapter II Pirate hideaway and graveyard -- Chapter III An irish emperor in the Galapagos Islands -- Chapter IV The first colony ends in bloodshed -- Chapter V Innocent blood in Floreana. the murder of José Valdizán (1878) -- Chapter VI The small empire of Manuel J. Cobos in Galapagos (1879 1904) -- Chapter VII Three years in solitary on Santa Cruz Island. The case of Camilo Casanova (1900-1904) -- Chapter VIII Minor-great tragedies in the Galapagos -- Chapter IX Puzzles and crimes. The German Colony on Floreana and the mystery of the barones -- Chapter X Albemarle: The horrors of a penal colony (1946-1959) -- Chapter XI Galapagos: end of a utopia. the north American colony on San Cristobal. 1960 -- Chapter XII The dipappearance of "el pequeño pirata". 1966 -- Chapter XIII Albemarle: the Ecuadorian marines pay their tribute (1979).
9978820906
Ecuador--Galapagos Islands
Ecuador--History. --Galapagos Islands
Ecuador--Islas Galápagos
Ecuador--Historia.--Islas Galápagos
986.65
The curse of the giant tortoise : tragedies, mysteries and crimes in the Galapagos Islands / Octavio Latorre T. - First Edition - 237 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Tragedies, mysteries and crimes in the Galapagos Islands.
Chapter I Voyages of no return and the discovery of the Galapagos -- Chapter II Pirate hideaway and graveyard -- Chapter III An irish emperor in the Galapagos Islands -- Chapter IV The first colony ends in bloodshed -- Chapter V Innocent blood in Floreana. the murder of José Valdizán (1878) -- Chapter VI The small empire of Manuel J. Cobos in Galapagos (1879 1904) -- Chapter VII Three years in solitary on Santa Cruz Island. The case of Camilo Casanova (1900-1904) -- Chapter VIII Minor-great tragedies in the Galapagos -- Chapter IX Puzzles and crimes. The German Colony on Floreana and the mystery of the barones -- Chapter X Albemarle: The horrors of a penal colony (1946-1959) -- Chapter XI Galapagos: end of a utopia. the north American colony on San Cristobal. 1960 -- Chapter XII The dipappearance of "el pequeño pirata". 1966 -- Chapter XIII Albemarle: the Ecuadorian marines pay their tribute (1979).
9978820906
Ecuador--Galapagos Islands
Ecuador--History. --Galapagos Islands
Ecuador--Islas Galápagos
Ecuador--Historia.--Islas Galápagos
986.65