Galapagos: Islands Born of Fire
Author(s): Tui De Roy
Originally published in 1997, this enduring and much-loved book has been in print since that time in both English and Spanish, selling over 35,000 copies. Much has happened on the Galapagos in the last 10 years, much of it positive, and the islands continue to fascinate and inspire. This 10th anniversary edition adds a chapter on the Isabela Island - the site of the largest successful island restoration project in the world - and updates the latest conservation issues to confront the islands. All the earlier chapters remain, covering cold seas and burning rocks, to active volcanoes to tortoises, iguanas and marine mammals. This book has endured because of the intimate knowledge and love the author has for her subject: she spent 35 years exploring and recording the secrets of the Galapagos and she continues to be involved in its restoration.
Product Information
Tui De Roy lived on the Galapagos Islands from the age of two. For more than 45 years she has explored her island home and returns there frequently. She lectures frequently on the Galapagos and other wildlife subjects in Europe and North America and her photographs and writing appear in magazines and books worldwide. Tui lives in Nelson and her book New Zealand, a Natural World Revealed is a finalist in the Montana Book Awards 2007. She is currently working on a book on albatrosses (publishing in 2008) and another book on the Galapagos celebrating 50 years of the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galapagos National Park.
General Fields
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- : David Bateman Ltd
- : David Bateman Ltd
- : 01 September 2007
- : 233mm X 303mm
- : New Zealand
- : books
Special Fields
- : Tui De Roy
- : Hardback
- : 10th Anniversary Edition
- : 918.66504
- : 168
- : colour photographs
