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Chatham Island Locals c. 1898
The schooner Manuel J. Cobos named after Progreso's founder, moored along the jetty in Wreck Bay.
Burning Invasive Vegetation on Farmland outside El Progreso, 2016
The store in Progreso belonged to Alvarado and Cobos. Practically all workers on the island received their wages from the same gentlemen.
One Sucre Monetary Note Issued by Hacienda El Progreso in 1905
Holloway gout ointment jar
View of the Worker's Houses, Hacienda El Progreso in 1888
Manuel A. Cobos welcomes the Albemarle expedition to Galápagos. He strongly urges them to make San Cristóbal their terminal station.
Coral Sand Flat Back of Landing Beach, Wreck Bay Chatham Island
Lower Elevation Coastal Vegetation San Cristóbal 2014
El Rondel Traffic Circle Entrance to El Progreso, in 2012
El Progreso Plantation of Rogerio Alvarado, San Cristóbal, Galápagos
Monetary Note and Coins Issued by Hacienda El Progreso in 1905
When Albemarle sailed back to Panamá, Harry Randall moved in with Manuel A. Cobos. Nearly every day he went riding with his host.
The Wreck Bay pier in 1938
Chatham Island c. 1930s
Shell Buttons
Interior Plan of the Hacienda House in 1904
Rogerio Alvarado was married to Josefina, Manuel A. Cobos' older sister. He lived most of the time in Guayaquil.
Lined and Banded Earthenware Fragments
View Southwest from El Junco 2016
View of Worker's House, Hacienda El Progreso in 1888
Fragments of a colorless glass demijohn
El Progreso in 1947
Paul Bruun was captain of the Manuel J. Cobos for about 18 months before he started trading with the Norge. The island community was dependent on the old schooner to obtain provisions from the continent. Delays and fuel shortages proved fatal for Bruun, her former skipper. When this photo was taken in 1934, the schooner had been re-named San Cristóbal.
Concentrations of arboreal vs grass phytoliths and DP ratio signals
A selection of alcohol bottle finishes
Medicine Jar from the Mill Area
Manuel J. Cobos poses with Workers, Hacienda El Progreso in 1888
When Jens Aschehoug and Per Bang visited Galápagos in 1922, the steam-powered sugar factory was in full operation, but decay had set in.
Galapagos. Plantation. Ethnology, 1888. Chatham Isd.
Shell Button
Fancy Button
Manuel A. Cobos (4th from left) invites the Floreana party for sight-seeing at the sugar factory. Cobos wears a broad-rimmed hat, riding breeches and a revolver holster across his chest.
Highland Vegetation on San Cristóbal 2014
Colorless condiment bottle and a fragment of a tumbler
View North from El Junco 2016
Doll’s head, legs and arm
Manuel J. Cobos poses with Workers, Hacienda El Progreso in 1888
Barluet & Cie./Creil & Montereau White Earthenware Fragment
Map of Zones of Special Use (ZUEs) in the Galápagos Islands
Hacienda El Progreso's Bodega at Puerto Chico in 1905
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
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