| Description |
xiv, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : John Murray, c2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300) and index. |
| Contents |
I: Discovery -- A sheltered life -- The worthless islands -- Here be giants -- II: Inspiration -- Just one species? -- A tortoise for each island -- Revelation -- Ironies -- III: Decimation -- The Indian Ocean tortoises -- The safe haven -- The arrival of the whaling fleet -- Settlers -- IV: Obsession -- La Mare aux songes -- A champion for the tortoises -- Understanding the tortoises -- Save the tortoises! -- The final showdown -- Galápagos or bust -- The errant playboy -- V: Pets -- The well-travelled tortoises -- Darwin's missing tortoise -- Digging into Harriet's past -- The fate of the Beagle tortoises -- Marion's tortoise -- VI: Recovery -- In the name of science -- Aldabra's legacy -- The Charles Darwin foundation -- VII: In the blood -- Lumpers and splitters -- The tortoises' origins. |
| Subject |
Testudinidae.
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| ISBN |
0195223969 cloth alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780195223965 |
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