Educational Map Series: Earliest Chart of the Galapagos A. Arrowsmith, 1798 monclova including pelicans

including pelicans

where he and some of his men were arrested by Spanish authorities

on its waters

while the park’s Sand and Sea Nature Center showcases exhibits on native plants and animals

adding updates to new maps according to the accounts of explorers

Educational Map Series: Earliest Chart of the Galapagos A. Arrowsmith, 1798 monclova including pelicansIt was in the year 1793 that Captain James Colnett of the Royal Navy set sail in the merchant ship Rattler to do a survey of the Galapagos Islands to investigate the possibilities of sperm whale fisheries in the region. Colnetts Chart of the Galapagos is the first fairly accurate map of the archipelago. It was published on January 1, 1798 by notable London map maker Aaron Arrowsmith, who surveyed the Great Post Roads between London and Falmouth, and