History of the Galapagos Islands

Sunrise from plane.

Texas

Today I basically got up at 2 am, got on a plane at 5 am, flew for 4 hours to Texas, waited 5 hours at the Houston airport and now I am flying 5 and a half more hours to Ecuador. Then it is another hour and a half to the hotel. The trip so far is really boring to hear in detail.

So I am going to tell you about the history of the Galapagos islands before you hear about the wildlife and geology instead. 

My breakfast on the plane.

Before we left for the Galapagos I studied the history of the Galapagos, including Darwin's visit, I also studied the animals that lived in the Galapagos.

The Galapagos Islands: A (shortened) History.

In 1535, the Bishop of Panama landed in the Galapagos islands on accident. He could not see the islands because of the fog. They stayed there for a while and finally found a way off of the island. They later started to call the island the island of the tortoises or "la island galapagos" which then shortened to Galapagos. A few years later Charles Darwin came to the Galapagos islands for his famous visit and discovery of evolution. Darwin was so fascinated with the islands he decided to take one of every animal he found and document it. After he left the islands he started to notice that the finches that he found in the different islands were slightly different but they were all finches. That is when he thought of the theory of evolution. Now the Galapagos islands are a wildlife sanctuary.