In the Galapagos Islands with Herman Melville, the Encantadas or Enchanted Isles
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Sail to the exotic Galapagos Islands with Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick. Let History and Legend, Fiction and Fact, Myth and Mystery swirl around you as you enter The Encantadas, a unique island world stretching along our planets Equator. ~ Discover teeming seabird rookeries, stark volcanic landscapes, and world famous giant tortoises . . . ~ Meet buccaneers and explorers, colonists and castaways, whalers and naturalists . . . ~ Explore these Enchanted Isles with one of Americas greatest writers . . . ~ Enrich your once-in-a-lifetime visit to . . . The Galapagos Islands.Travelers have been arriving in the Galapagos Islands since at least 1535. While naturalist Charles Darwin made these volcanic peaks famous, Spanish explorers, English buccaneers, American whalers, Ecuadorian colonists, and a United States President all put in appearances here over the centuries.Herman Melville was one such visitor. He first glimpsed the Galapagos Islands as a young seaman on the whaler Acushnet out of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Years later, after the failure of his novel Moby-Dick, he tried to regain his lost popularity with the reading public by writing a series ten of magazine sketches recalling the strange worlds he found in these Enchanted Isles. This current book was created for todays visitor-or armchair visitor. Bring it with you, or read it before you leave home. Enhance your enjoyment of the Galapagos Islands with these glimpses of its captivating natural and human history written over 150 years ago by that famous fellow traveler. Discover . . .- Herman Melvilles ten sketches called The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles.- Forty of Moses Michelsohns striking b&w photographs (in color in the ebook) from the Galapagos islands: birds, iguanas, giant tortoises, sea lions, exotic plants, and volcanic landscapes.- Lynn Michelsohns introduction to the work, and to each individual sketch.Enjoy your visit to the Galapagos Islands!About
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