Products were moved between the islands and mainland on two boats, the “Manuel J. Cobos” and “Josefina Cobos.” Both are variously referred to as a sloop (balandra) or pilot’s boat (pailebote), a smaller double masted schooner. The "Manuel J. Cobos" served as the principal means of communication with the mainland.
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 W. Stahl
Date:
1934
Date searchable:
1934
Date searchable:
1934
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 courtesy of John Garth, Los Angeles, in Hoff, S. (1985) Drommen om Galapagos, Oslo: Grodahl & Son;
Concentrations of arboreal vs grass phytoliths and D/P ratio signals in soil phytoliths from San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos. Note the sudden change from arboreal to open habitat (Astudillo 2017:45).
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Plants; Landscapes; Agricultural lands; Palnt Remains (Archaeology); Landscape Archaeology
Creator:
Dr. Fernando J. Astudillo
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2017
Date searchable:
2017
Date searchable:
2017-06-22
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Recovered specimens of alcohol bottles dominated the artifacts in the assemblage. The most common general category of bottles from the hacienda excavations were for wine, beer, or liquor, and in a range of colors in greens, ambers, and black. The vast majority were made in turn-paste moulds.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador; Glassware; Wine bottles
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2019
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
Fig.5.3
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
This complete medicine jar was found in the mill area in 2014.The late nineteenth century was a time when patent medicines thrived as modern cure-alls. The rare mention of health care at Hacienda El Progreso was the existence of a “hospital” room inside Cobos’ house.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador; Glassware; Medicine
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2014
Date searchable:
2014
Date searchable:
2014-11-6
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
DSC0289
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
This photograph of Hacienda El Progreso was taken in 1888 during a scientific visit by the "Albatross." It shows Manuel J. Cobos posing with his workers in formal attire next to the hacienda house. In the background can be seen the cleared landscape with fenced pasturage.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Villages; Landscapes
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1888
Date searchable:
1888
Date searchable:
1888
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:
National Archives and Records Administration Albatross Expedition NARA-22-FA-92
In 1922, when Norwegians Jens Aschehoug and Per Bang visited Galápagos, the steam-powered sugar factory was in full operation, but decay had set in (Hoff 1985).
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Sugar Factories
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1922
Date searchable:
1922
Date searchable:
1922
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:
Hoff, S. (1985) Drommen om Galapagos, Oslo: Grodahl & Son, Photo courtesy Sylvia Randall Andersen.
This photograph was taken during the visit of the Albatross in 1888 and provides a aview of the worker's quarters directly to the east-northeast of the hacienda house. In the distance can be seen open pastures leading up to Cerro San Joaquin to the right. The plate is used in Repeat Photo #4.
Abstract:
Hacienda El Progreso;
Subjects:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Villages; Landscapes
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Villages; Landscapes
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr.Peter W. Stahl
Date:
1888
Date searchable:
1888
Date searchable:
1888
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
National Archives, LICON. 22-FF. Series FFA. Records of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Cyanotypes: Cruises of the Albatross, Fish Hatcheries, and Marine Specimens, 1879-1922. Album 1: 1-117; Album 2: 267-386; Album 3: 118-266. Box 1 of 15.
Buttons, including 15 bone, 12 mother of pearl, and 13 white Prosser china buttons were recovered in the midden and house excavations. This appears to be a button, or perhaps some decorative piece from clothing.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador; Buttons; Clothing and Dress;
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2014
Date searchable:
2014
Date searchable:
2014-11-6
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
The "Floreana" left Norway in 1925 with a load of cement bound for Ecuador. It reached San Cristóbal in August of that year, where the Norwegian sailors were met by Manuel A. Cobos in his Ford pickup truck. At this time El Progreso continued to produce, with groves, gardens, grazing animals, sugar cane, and a "dilapidated" factory.
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:
1925
Date searchable:
1925
Date searchable:
1925
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 courtesy the Whaling Museum, Sandefjord, in Hoff, S. (1985) Drommen om Galapagos, Oslo: Grodahl & Son;
Native evergreen Tree Scalesia (foreground), which can grow to a height of 20 m, dominates the highland Scalesia Zone which can extend to an elevation of 400-500 masl. Overgrown patstures can be seen in the background.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Plants; Landscapes
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2014
Date searchable:
2014
Date searchable:
2014-07-02
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
IMGP2581
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Condiment bottles in a variety of types, and none with labels were common. One kind consists of tall, thin colorless bottles with very skinny necks. Although unmarked, these shapes are typical of “salad oil” or “olive oil" bottles. Published marked examples originated in France during the late nineteenth century, with this bottle shape given in contemporary catalogues as a “Bordeaux Oil” shape.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador; Glassware; Condiments
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2019
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
Fig.5.5
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
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
A porcelain doll head with black hair and eyes and red lips, and two legs with brown heeled boots, and one plain doll’s arm were recovered in the main midden. These would have been sewn into a stuffed cloth body, and were probably made in Germany,which dominated the global production of ceramic doll parts from 1880 to 1914. The brown heeled boot was a common feature of doll legs from the 1880s onward.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador; Children; Play; Ceramics
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2019
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
Fig. 5.7
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
This photograph of Hacienda El Progreso was taken in 1888 during a scientific visit by the "Albatross." It shows Manuel J. Cobos posing with his workers in formal attire to the north side of the hacienda house, which is out of view. In the background can be seen the cleared landscape with fenced pasturage, and Cerro San Joaquin.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Villages; Landscapes
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1888
Date searchable:
1888
Date searchable:
1888
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:
National Archives and Records Administration Albatross Expedition NARA-22-FA-93
This specimen is one of 15 refined white earthenware fragments that were recovered with legible makers’ marks. It was made by Barluet & Cie./Creil & Montereau, from Creil in the north of France.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador; Pottery; Ceramics
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2014
Date searchable:
2014
Date searchable:
2014-7-8
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
DSC00655
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
Hacienda El Progreso sent its products via oxen-drawn cart to its large warehouse or Bodega on the coast at Puerto Chico. This image was published in Las Islas Encantada o el Archipielago de Colon (Bognoly and Epinoza 1905:75). The Bodega was constructed directly on the beach close to a pier with Decauville rails for loading products onto the schooner.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Building
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.75
Native Matazarno, a tree or shrub that can grow up to 15 m in height is highly valued for its hard inner wood and preservative properties. It is likely that Matazarno was used from the early years of Galápagos colonization as the main source of timber for construction materials. Various photographs of Hacienda El Progreso taken during the 1888 visit by the USS Albatross show large pieces of Matazarno trunks forming the structures of some plantation facilities, the main house, and parts of the worker’s houses.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Building; Housing
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:
Hoff, S. (1985) Drommen om Galapagos, Oslo: Grodahl & Son, Photo courtesy Robert Ødegård.
El Progreso occasonally receives visitors attracted to the ruins of Hacienda El Progreso; however, most tourists to the island do not travel into the highlands, and those who do, often bypass the village completely. This tour group of local students from the coast stand at the intersection directly below and to the east of the hacienda house ruins.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Community Archaeology; Tourism
This photograph was taken during the visit of the US Fish Commisiion steamer Albatross by Alexander Agassiz, possibly in 1891. The background vegetation clearly shows the cleared fields of fenced pasturage. This house appears in the background of an associated image.
Abstract:
Hacienda El Progreso;
Subjects:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Villages
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Villages
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr.Peter W. Stahl
Date:
1891
Date searchable:
1891
Date searchable:
1891
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Alexander Agassiz's Expedition and Other Images Collection,
Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
via.lib.harvard.edu