Along with his brother Angel, and fellow Cuencano, Jose Monroy, Cobos established Cobos y Hermanos, which by 1863 became one of the most prosperous businesses on the Sana Elena Peninsula. Baptismal records for a son and daughter suggest that Cobos had been previously married to Monroy's sister; otherwise, nothing is known.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands);
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1905
Date searchable:
1905
Date searchable:
1905
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright Undetermined
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Bognoly, J. and Espinosa J. (1905) Las Islas Encantada o el Archipielago de Colon. Comercio:Guayaqil, p.145
This photograph was taken by Capt. Rollo Beck in 1905. It is of a triple effect vacuum evaporator manufactured by McOnie Harvey & Co., Ltd., Glasgow. Sugar was concentrated by passing cane liquor through three vessels, each with an increasingly higher vacuum and lower temperature in order to achieve evaporation. Not only did the evaporator reduce the amount of required fuel through steam re-circulation and evaporation at lower temperatures, but it also protected the sugar product from destruction at higher temperatures.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso;
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Sugar Factories; Sugar Machinery
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1905
Date searchable:
1905
Date searchable:
1905
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
California Academy of Sciences. CAS G71.5 , Rollo and Ida Beck Collection, Box 40, MSS.036
The house site in 2012 consisted of a large stone base foundation supporting ornamented plastered concrete walls on its southern and eastern exposures, the latter having suffered partial collapse early in 2015. The massive, up to17 m long, rough stone foundation leveled the eastern slope of the knoll and may have supported the original house.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Villages; Housing; Building
In partnership with GAIAS, the project constructed two permanent cabañas on property owned by USFQ north of the road below El Junco. Geologist Madelyn Percy (UNC) inspected the soil profile exposed in deep latrine excavations. The depth of soil formation in the humid highlands lies in stark contrast to most of the Galápagos island landscapes.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2015
Date searchable:
2015
Date searchable:
2015-7-14
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
IMGP2740
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
This photograph was taken by Ralph Stock (1921) The Cruise of the Dream Ship. 1st ed. London: William Heinemann, top plate opposite P.85. Labelled "Mounted, reading from left to right: Commisario, Owner, and Accountant of__" it shows Manuel A. Cobos, the deputy and accountant at Hacienda El Progreso, in 1919.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso;
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands);
Water was transported from interior highland sources to the processing plant in an elaborate and lengthy system of canals, aqueducts, conduits, and pipes. This modern mural is found on the wall of a local restaurant directly behind the town football stadium showing Cobos on horseback with cisterns, pipes and El Junco in the background.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; ingenio
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); sugar factories; cisterns
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2016
Date searchable:
2016
Date searchable:
2016-7-20
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
IMGP2997
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
This photograph was taken by Ralph Stock (1921) The Cruise of the Dream Ship. 1st ed. London: William Heinemann, bottom plate opposite P.85. Labelled "The Peon's Quarters," it shows the worker's quarter of the Hacienda El Progreso, looking east from the Hacienda house in 1919. The plate is used in Repeat Photo #8.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso;
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands);
Historic Photo (Digital Files of the Bibliotéca El Progreso. Edy Bismark Becerra Hernández) attributed to 1947 appears to be the church which is under construction in Repeat Photo 5. The Repeat image was taken in the middle of the main street at the side of the plaza, directly by the bus stop, .
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands);Villages;
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Tanya Taggert-Hodge; Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Date:
2015
Date searchable:
2015
Date searchable:
2015-07-11
Genre:
Photographic print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic print; Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
Repeat Photo #1741-1749
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.90715,-89.55645
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.90715,-89.55645
Feral groves of exotic Datura are common around El Progreso. The plant was imported often to be used as a surround for gardens and agricultural plots in order to deter predation of crops.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Introduced Organisms; Plants;
Bakelite/vulcanite tokens are extremely rare in Ecuador, but were a global phenomenon in the latter half of the 19th century. Five tokens were recovered, all hard vulcanized rubber (commonly called ebonite or vulcanite), with two examples of orange 20 centavo tokens, and three black five centavo tokens. The latter are all marked “ANACARSIS MEDINA/ CHANDUY and were the main form of coinage circulating on the hacienda during Cobos’ tenure. We know little of Anacarsis Medina, but assume he may have been an old business contact of Cobos’.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Money
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2014
Date searchable:
2014
Date searchable:
2014-7-12
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
