Date: 2016 - Humans, History and Ecology in Galápagos

Start Over Date 2016

Description:: This image was taken from El Junco, view Northeast, showing the stark contrasts between the southern and northern portions of San Cristóbal. The desolate northern part of the island, seen beyond the farms in the foreground, is dominated by a younger fissure-fed volcanic center.
Subjects:: Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:: San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Mountains; Landscapes
Creator:: Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:: Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-07-24
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: image
Identifier:: IMGP3166
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):: El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:: El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:: 2016

Description:: During World War II, Base Baltra was constructed on Baltra or North Seymour Island. Other islands were equipped with defensive installations, including cannons on San Cristóbal. The beach near this preserved specimen on the present naval base is a popular venue for surfers.
Subjects:: Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:: Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); World War, 1939-1945
Creator:: Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:: Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-8-1
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: image
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribtion-NonCommercial
Location(s):: El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:: El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:: 2016

Description:: Introduced Cedar is locally harvested on the island and prized for building material. These worked planks are curing across the road from the El Progreso carpentry.
Subjects:: Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:: Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Building; Housing; Introduced Organisms
Creator:: Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:: Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-8-9
Genre:: Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:: Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:: image
Identifier:: IMGP3131
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribtion-NonCommercial
Location(s):: El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:: El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:: 2014

Description:: In 1900, Antonio Gil established the coastal town of Puerto Villamil and the nearby highland settlement of Santo Tomás de Berlanga on Isabela Island in order to grow agricultural products and export hides of feral cattle, mined lime and volcanic sulfur, and rendered turtle oil.
Subjects:: Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:: Galapagos Islands; Isabela Island (Galapagos Islands); Plants; Landscapes; Agricultural lands
Creator:: Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:: Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-8-5
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: image
Identifier:: IMGP3088
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):: El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:: El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:: 2016

Description:: As early as 1832, José Villamil journeyed to the newly christened Archipiélago del Ecuador and its capital Floreana in order to convert the islands into a progressive province symbolically named Asilo de la Paz, with colonies on Santiago, Santa Cruz, and San Cristóbal. Capt. Nicholas Lawson, a Jamaican who in 1830 had explored the islands, may have introduced goats, sheep, and pigs to Floreana and possibly other islands before Villamil’s arrival in 1832. He introduced cattle, horses, and possibly sheep into various islands, including San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Isabela, and Pinta, in order to take advantage of their natural pastures.
Subjects:: Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:: Galapagos Islands; Santa Cruz Island (Galapagos Islands); Plants; Landscapes; Agricultural lands
Creator:: Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:: Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-8-3
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: image
Identifier:: IMGP3027
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):: El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:: El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:: 2016

Description:: Discarded gun cartridge shells clearly date the midden associations. They include a “Nitro Club”12-gauge shot shell (1891-1911), a Winchester 30-30 cartridge (>1895), and a Peters 12-gauge shot shell made after 1887.
Subjects:: Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:: San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador; Cartridges (ammunition)
Creator:: Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:: Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016
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
Date Digitized:: 2016

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