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What is the original name of the Galapagos Islands when they were first discovered 300 years before famous naturalist Charles Darwin's visit and were considered a pirate's paradise?
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The Enchanted Islands
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By what other name are the Galapagos islands known?
The original name of the Galapagos Islands is Archipelago de Colon.
Darwin thought the birds he collected from the Galapagos were different types of birds but he learned that they were different types of finches that each came from a different island in the Galapagos.?
Darwin discovered that the finches were once the same species. Due to isolation, each island produced variations of the original finch species.
What is the Spanish name for the galapagos islands?
The Galapagos Islands are also known as the "Enchanted Islands" or by their original name: Archipielago de Colon.
Is the Galapagos island tortoise almost extincted?
The Galapagos tortoise is considered vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Captive breeding and release of young into natural habitat has strengthened numbers, but five of the original 15 species are already extinct. DNA analysis is being done on museum specimens of those five taxa, and results are pending. Is the Galapagos tortoise almost extinct? It's vulnerable, but it seems to be making a bit of a comeback.
Who gave the Galapagos Islands their name?
The name appeared on maps drawn by cartographer Abraham Ortelius around 1570, using the original name "Insulae de los Galopegos" (Islands of the Tortoises) - for the giant tortoises found there when the islands were accidentally discovered in 1535.
Has anyone made a better trumpet than the original?
No because they discovered the original was a copy of the original.
What type of evolution do the Galapagos finches represent?
All of them. They came from an original finch and then they evolved to survive on whichever island they were on.
What did Darwin think happened to the first small population of finches that reached the galapagos islands from south America?
Charles Darwin thought that the original population of finches were blown over from South America to the Galapagos Islands.
Who discovered Corinth?
The original Dorian tribes who settled there.
Who discovered the original Gospel of Matthew?
The original, Greek manuscript of Matthew's Gospel has long been lost. However, enough early manuscripts have been discovered that scholars can establish some of the changes made to the gospel since that original was written.
Is Original Rotel milder than Mild Rotel?
Original is hotter than Mild. Original is considered the basis of the Rotel heat scale, so any of the other heat ratings are in relation to original. Mild is considered milder than that of Original
Did captain cook discovered cook island?
The Cook Islands are renamed from the original Rao To Nga discovered and inhabited by Maori people
