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Title: Galapagos Wildlife: A Visitor's GUide by David Horwell, Pete Oxford ISBN: 1-898323-88-7 Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good to superficial guide, depending on your interests
Comment: Having visited the Galápagos and planning my return, I can say this introductory booklet (140 pages) is a reliable for people who want an overall idea of the ecology and want to identify some of the most prominent wildlife they are likely to encounter - it is easy to understand, has good information, decent photos of the main players and illustations of the commonest landing sites. For you, this booklet rates three stars for clarity, comprehension level and lightness in your backpack, but it fails next to Andy Swash and Rob Still's more comprehensive and better illustrated "Birds, Mammals and Reptiles of the Galápagos Island".
For those who want a more in depth knowledge of the Galápagos and their wildlife, or are traveling to some of the more remote sites or the northernmost islands: you will feel short-changed and wish you had purchased more comprehensive guide(s), so you can identify all the critters you will possibly observe and learn much more about their habitats and behaviors, climate and cvlimate zones, etc. For those travelers (birders, nature buffs, divers, etc.), this booklet rates a generous three stars for its relatively topical treatments.
Choose your guidebooks according to your interests and skills. And go there, walk softly and leave nothing. Visiting should have as little impact as possible, and in my opinion when done properly does help protect these wonderful islands of biological diversity from rampant pirate fishing, oil spills and short-sighted political stewardship. Our "tangibilitized" interest is the only one the Ecuadorian government- at least up until now- has responded to.
Rating: 5
Summary: Galapagos Wildlife
Comment: I just came back from the Galapagos and found David Horwell's book indispensable. It is a very readable and concise introduction to the flora and fauna of the Galapagos islands. Beautiful photographs. Very informative. Easy to carry around and refer to. I highly recommend the book to anyone interested in the Galapagos islands.
Rating: 4
Summary: Travel size Galapagos
Comment: This relatively small book on the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands is packed with information and pictures. The author has gone to a great deal of trouble to condense a vast amount of data into a handbook for the traveller, without sacrificing essential information, clarity or accuracy. Not only does it cover the wildlife that the visitor is most likely to encounter, it also gives a succinct history of the islands. Working in the Galapagos Travel Industry, and having considered many similar books for pre-trip briefing and ready reference while in the islands, this is the book I would recommend.
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Title: Galapagos: A Natural History by Michael H. Jackson ISBN: 1895176409 Publisher: University of Calgary Press Pub. Date: May, 1994 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Galapagos Islands Map by Treaty Oak, Kevin Healey ISBN: 0921463340 Publisher: ITMB Publishing Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Voyage of the Beagle: Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches by Charles Darwin, Janet Browne, Michael Neve, Michael Neue ISBN: 014043268X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: November, 1989 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: An Identification Guide to the Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galpagos Islands by Andy Swash, Robert Still, Ian Lewington, Rob Still ISBN: 0300088647 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Wildlife of the Galapagos by Julian Fitter, Daniel Fitter, David Hosking ISBN: 0691102953 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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