Island (read along) : a story of the Galápagos.

Summary/Review: Charles Darwin first visited the Galp̀agos Islands almost 200 years ago, only to discover a land filled with plants and animals that could not be found anywhere else on earth. How did they come to inhabit the islands? How long will they remain? Thoroughly researched, this historical and scientific book tells the epic saga of the life of an island? Its birth in fire, its rise to greatness, its decline, and, finally, the emergence of life on new islands.