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During a voyage to the Galapagos Islands.
Charles Dickens did not visit the Galapagos Islands. He was a famous English writer known for his novels such as "Oliver Twist" and "Great Expectations," which were set in England during the 19th century.
The Galapagos Islands were by far his most important discovery and would make them really important. Here is a site with more information: http:/www.geographia.com/ecuador/galislands.htm
The Galapagos Islands are a World Heritage Site because of the many endemic species (not seen anywhere else) that live on each of the islands of this Archipelago. The Galapagos Islands also have the 2nd largest protected marine reserve in America with an extension of nearly 130,000 Km2
The type of speciation that occurred among the Galapagos Islands finches is called "allopatric" speciation. Allopatric comes from roots meaning "other country". The immigrant finches, and many other birds and animals, were very isolated from other populations of the same species on the individual Galapagos Islands. The finches developed into at least 13 different species of finch on the islands.
During Darwins visit to the Galapagos island he observed that these islands had many unique organisms, most of which were similar to but different from the plants and animals from the nearest mainland.... thus this indicated how population evolved. Darwin called this "descent with modification" meaning an ancestral species could diversify into many descendant species by the accumulation of adaptation to various environment. His observation described the theory of evolution.
The bulk of Charles Darwin's observations were made on the Galapagos Islands. He had journeyed there seeking evidence that wildlife was connected to a much older center of creation. His studies of different variations of finches there, led to his Theory of Evolution.
It is usually crowded during the summer time because a lot of tourists always come.
British Naturalist Charles Darwin visited Galapagos Islands in 1835. During his visit he observed that difference species were in a constant battle of survival with each other, and there was a variation in between tortoise on the sand and those in the water.
The islands were discovered in 1535 by the Spaniard Tomás de Bertanga and originally known as the Encantadas. Early travelers were astonished by the tameness of the animals. In 1832 Ecuador claimed the Galápagos. Charles Darwin visited the islands (1835) during the voyage of the Beagle, and gathered an impressive body of evidence there that was used later in support of his theory of natural selection.
The islands are famed for their vast number of endemic species and were studied by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. The first recorded visit to the islands happened by chance in 1535, when the Bishop of Panamá Fray Tomás de Berlanga went to Peru to arbitrate in a dispute between Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro. Now time Galapagos is being one of the top rated holiday touring place. Even now anybody can get all arrangements for tour the Islands of Galapagos from online using sites as dealsgalapagos.com