Darwin bereikt de Galapagos Islands (1835)

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The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the equator, 485 nautical miles (898 km; 558 mi) west of the mainland of South America. They form the Galápagos Province of the Republic of Ecuador, with a population of slightly over 33,000 in 2020. The province is divided into the cantons of San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, and Isabela, the three most populated islands in the chain.

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Galapagos IslandsVirtual Library of Bibliographical HeritageCC BY 4.0 Europeana

Society Islands : discovered by Quiros, 1606Virtual Library of Bibliographical HeritageCC BY 4.0 Europeana

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Charles Darwin · 1809 CE – 1882 CE

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