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White Earthenware Plate Fragment with Gien Inscription
White Earthenware Plate Fragment with Johnson Brothers Inscription
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
Hacienda El Progreso, Main Street in 1905
Dr. H.F. Peery’s Dead Shot Vermifuge Bottle
Sea Lions on Playa Mann and Cruise Ships in Wreck Bay, 2012
In-situ White Earthenware Plate Fragment with Opaque de Sarreguemines Inscription
Carpintero Midden Profile
Accounting Office and Armchair inside the Hacienda House
Bacalao, coffee, sugar, yucca flour, corn and cattle were the most important export products on San Cristóbal. Here, the Manuel J. Cobos is loaded with sacks from the trolleys on the long pier at Wreck Bay.
The Government House on Hacienda El Progreso in 1905
Locally Harvested Invasive Cedar at the El Progreso Carpentry, 2016
Map of Zone of Special Use (ZUE) in San Cristóbal Island
Great class distinction, racial prejudice, language problems and religious barriers made communication between Norwegians and local residents difficult in San Cristóbal. Upon their arrival in Galápagos, the Norwegian colonists were quite unprepared for these problems.