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Galapagueana to take away
Galapagueana aims to become an extensive and densely interconnected repository of documents of different types. But, at the same time, it wants to be a friendly space for consultation and dissemination, totally open to the community: a true source of reference on Galapagos memory.
The "Galapagueana to take away" service takes a step in that direction. It offers the opportunity to download and use both the offline contents of Galapagueana and small capsules of Galapagos history, with carefully curated and condensed contents. Such contents are aimed mainly at naturalist guides, park rangers, teachers and students in the Galapagos Islands, but they can be used by many others.
Suggestions, recommendations and requests about the contents disclosed through "Galapagueana to take away" can be sent to the Galapagueana contact email.
Index of offline contents
"Letters from the Library" is a regular, bilingual column published since 2020 on the blog of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands (CDF) and since 2022 on Galapagueana. In it, the author, coordinator of the institution's Library, Archive & Museum area between 2018 and 2023, shares the stories behind many documents in the collection. This volume includes letters #01 to #10, in English.
"Letters from the Library" is a regular, bilingual column published since 2020 on the blog of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands (CDF) and since 2022 on Galapagueana. In it, the author, coordinator of the institution's Library, Archive & Museum area between 2018 and 2023, shares the stories behind many documents in the collection. This volume includes letters #11 to #20, in English.
The first installment of Galapagueana includes, among others, texts on Georgina Taylor's manuscript, a photograph of the Nourmahal Expedition, drawings from nature, a handful of old fishhooks, a book on environmental education, the Renacer Club, the inaugural plaque of the Charles Darwin Research Station, and the first chapter of "Feminine Presence in the Islands", "The Traces of the Islands' Memory" and "Fragments for a History of Galapagos".
The second installment of Galapagueana includes, among others, texts on the Grant's finch rings, photos and documents on the process of raising giant tortoises in the Galapagos (including Miguel Castro's notes and the history of the first hatchery), a book on the islands' history, and the second chapter of of "Feminine Presence in the Islands", "The Traces of the Islands' Memory" and "Fragments for a History of Galapagos".
The third issue of Galapagueana includes, among others, texts on a pioneering book on travels to the Galapagos, photos of soldiers stationed at the military base on Baltra Island, the wooden signs of the Charles Darwin Research Station, a volume on marine iguanas, notes on El Bosque de los Niños, and the third chapter of "Feminine Presence in the Islands", "The Traces of the Islands' Memory" and "Fragments for a History of Galapagos".
The fourth issue of Galapagueana includes, among others, texts on an issue of Life magazine dedicated to the Galapagos, documents on the history of the Van Straelen building, a book by Corley Smith, the Corrientes bulletin, the seismograph cabin and its seismograms, the meteorological archive, the Travan, and the fourth chapter of "Feminine Presence in the Islands", "The Traces of the Islands' Memory" and "Fragments for a History of Galapagos".
The intangible cultural heritage of the Galapagos Islands is expressed, among other things, in a bibliography that codifies the history of the archipelago. This bibliography, understood as an "ordered collection of manuscripts and printed documents," is framed in a chronology or timeline. The present book recovers the chronology and historical bibliography presented in Galapagueana, corresponding to the period between the 16th and 18th centuries.
Text & picture: Edgardo Civallero (edgardo.civallero@fcdarwin.org.ec).
Publication date: 1 December 2021
Last update: 1 October 2023