This is one of the few surviving portraits of Manuel J. Cobos, and is included in Las Islas Encantada o el Archipielago de Colon (Bognoly and Epinoza 1905:88) Its origin is unknown, but it was likely taken close to his house, possibly on the promontory to its north side not long before his assassination at the hands of his workers on January 5, 1904.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); ssassination
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.88
Historic Photo (by C.I. Pazmiño. Digital Files of the Bibliotéca El Progreso. Edy Bismark Becerra Hernández) of the worker's village of El Progreso possibly in the 1940s, with pastures and some revegetation in the distance. The Repeat photographs were made in 2015, on the north side of the main road, east of the parroquia office.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Landscapes; 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:
2015-07-3
Genre:
Photographic print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic print; Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
Repeat Photo #1730-1739
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.907217; 89.557167
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.907217; 89.557167
This photograph is of Thomas Lewis (aka. Levick, Johnson), a long-time resident of the islands. It was taken by Ralph Stock (1921) The Cruise of the Dream Ship. 1st ed. London: William Heinemann, plate opposite P.116. It is labelled "Dad" and shows Lewis peering out the window of what is probably the light-keeper's house in Puerto Chico.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Puerto Chico
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (Galapagos Islands)
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1919
Date searchable:
1919
Date searchable:
1919
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
Puerto Baquerizo-Moreno (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
Puerto Baquerizo-Moreno (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Historic Photo (Digital Files of the Bibliotéca El Progreso. Edy Bismark Becerra Hernández) attributed to 1947 shows a smaller village forming a plaza dominated by the church which is under construction in the location where it exists today. The view is west to east and shows some increased vegetation in the surrounding landscape. The Repeat image was taken from a small dirt road parallel and to the south of the the main street.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Landscapes; 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 #2149-2155
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.90695, -89.557383
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.90695, -89.557383
Exotic invasives quickly colonize most areas that are not regularly maintained. The hacienda house site was annualy cleared of vegetative regrowth. La Cárcel was choked with vegetation and rubbish before it was cleared for study and ecavation in 2014.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Introduced Organisms; Plants;
This image, published in 1905 shows the hacienda's dock with the Decauville rail system at Puerto Chico. A similar image published by Ralph Stock (1921) shows the dock and rail system in operation some fourteen years later. Supplies from the hacienda bodega were carted out in Decauville wagons for loading onto the awaiting ships.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Transportation;
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.41
This is a second image published in Las Islas Encantada o el Archipielago de Colon (Bognoly and Epinoza 1905:91) of the apprehended prisoners on the dock in Guayaquil. They had fled the Hacienda after Cobos' assassination on one of the hacienda's boats with a shipment of sugar which they had hoped would fund their further escape.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Prisoners; Assassination
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.91
Historic Photo (C. McLean Fraser (1943) General Account of the Scientific Work of the Velero III in the Eastern Pacific, 1931-1941. Part II Geographic and Biological Associations. Allen Hancock Pacific Expeditions 1(2). University of Southern California Publications, Los Angeles. USC Libraries. Allen Hancock Foundation Collection) of the worker's village of El Progreso in the mid 1930s, with pastures and Cerro San Joaquin in the distance. The Repeat photographs were made in 2015, approximately at the midpoint of the main road where it intersects with the road leading to Loma del Consuelo, 0.5m north of Repeat 3.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Landscapes; 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:
2015-07-3
Genre:
Photographic print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic print; Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
Repeat Photo #1721-1726
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.907233, -89.557217
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.907233, -89.557217
Although impossible to substantiate, exotic rats may have been the earliest introduced alien on the islands. They could easily have been introduced as ships were careened and "smoked" on islands from early times. They are today particularly widespread, having invaded at least 36 islands where they prey on the eggs and young of reptiles and birds.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; Isabela Island (Galapagos Islands); Introduced Organisms; Farming; Rats
The 14 prefabricated houses of Campo Noruega were shipped to San Cristóbal by boat. Through negotiations with Manuel A. Cobos and Rogerio Alvarado, each Norwegian settler received 20 ha of land, free rent for two years, commissary credit, and cheap access to labor and draught animals.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Housing; Transportation
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
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:
Photo by Robert Ødegård in Hoff, S. (1985) Drommen om Galapagos. Oslo: Grodahl & Son; Photo courtesy Robert Ødegård;