Humans, History and Ecology in Galápagos

The Hacienda El Progreso

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The local matazarno tree was excellent for house construction, but trunks of this size are not to be found in Galápagos. Photo is probably of a mainland tree.

Local Student Tour Group, El Progreso, 2014

Chatham Island c. 1930s

Gálapagos Academic Institute of Arts and Sciences and Gálapagos Science Center, Playa Mann, in 2012

Map of Land Use in the Zone of Special Use (ZUE) in San Cristóbal Island

The Handling of the Hacienda Prisoners in 1905

The view looking towards Wreck Bay shows the rails leading to the pier, and what was for a long time the archipelago's only lighthouse. “Johnson from London” lived in the shack next to the light.

Central Park and Church in El Progreso, in 2014

Left: Manuel A. Cobos and Dagfinn on horseback, Progresso. Right: Karin, Tony, Dagfinn and Manuel Cobos. The photograph was taken in 1933 and was sent to friends Ruth and Alf Ødegård who, at that time, were back in Norway. The picture does not reveal anything about the great finanical crash which had already ruined both Manuel and his brother-in-law, Rogerio Alvarado.

WWII Cannon on Cañón Beach, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, 2016

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