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

Collection Hierarchy - Batch Level

Collection Level (551 2500) Records of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), Edinburgh, Scotland

> Group Level (551 2500/1860) Copies of papers from Cairns Aitken, Professor, Edinburgh, Scotland

>> Batch Level (551 2500/1860/28) Galapagos Islands

- <
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- >

Category	Catalogue Number	Title	Date	Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444579	Giant Tortoises	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444580	Giant Tortoise	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444581	Giant Tortoise	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444582	Giant Tortoise	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444583	Giant Tortoise	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444584	Giant Tortoise	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444585	Giant Tortoise	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444586	Giant Tortoise head	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444587	Giant Tortoise	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444588	Frigate Bird	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444589	Frigate Bird chick	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444590	Female Frigate Bird	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444591	Frigate Bird	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444592	Male Frigate Bird	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444593	Male Frigate Bird	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444594	Male Frigate Bird	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444595	Masked Boobies	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444596	Masked Booby	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444597	Masked Booby	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444598	Red-footed Boobies	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444599	Red-footed Booby and chick	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444600	Red-footed Booby and chick	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444601	Red-footed Booby	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 444602	Red-footed Booby	c. 1/8/1994	Item Level

Galapagos Islands

551 2500/1860/28

People and Organisations

Events