Galapagos Islands

551 2500/1860/28

Description Galapagos Islands

Date c. 1/8/1994 to 31/8/1994

Collection Records of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number 551 2500/1860/28

Category All Other

Scope and Content A selection of images of the diverse wildlife in the Galapagos Islands. Originally "discovered" by explorer Charles Darwin, the archipelago is located some 1,000 km from Ecuador, and is home to a huge number of different animal and bird species. The Galapagos islands were discovered in 1535 by a Spanish bishop, Fray Tomas de Berlanga. The larger islands are Isabela, Santa Cruz, Fernandina, Santiago and San Cristobal. 30,000 people live on the islands, and approximately 170,000 tourists visit the islands each year. The islands are still sparsely populated with 26,000 people spread over 8,000 square kilometres of land, and most of the animals and birds rarely come into contact with humans. Because of the resultant lack of fear shown by the animals and birds, Cairns Aitken, the photographer and contributor of the project, was able to get up close to his subjects and capture them in amazing detail.

Accession Number 2024/57

External Reference 1091

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2767274

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Category	Catalogue Number	Title	Date	Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444555	Galapagos Sea Lions	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444556	Galapagos Sea Lions and Cruise Ship	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444557	Galapagos Sea Lions	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444558	Galapagos Sea Lion face	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444559	Galapagos sea lion	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444560	Galapagos sea lions	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444561	Galapagos sea lion pup	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444562	Galapagos sea lion head	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444563	Galapagos sea lion mouth	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444564	Galapagos sea lions at play	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444565	Galapagos shoal of tuna fish	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444566	Galapagos Land Iguana	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444567	Galapagos Land iguana	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444568	Black-headed gull with egg	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444569	Black-headed gull	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444570	Black-headed gulls	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444571	Black-headed gull with chick	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444572	Galapagos Mockingbird	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444573	Galapagos Mockingbird	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444574	Cruise ship in a bay in the Galapagos Islands	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444575	Large Painted Locust	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444576	Grapsus Grapsus crab, or Sally Lightfoot crab	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444577	Galapagos Marine Iguanas	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444578	Galapagos Marine Iguana head	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level

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