Galapagos: An Island Lost in Time
by De Roy Moore, Tui. Introduction By Peter Matthiessen
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670333611
- ISBN 13
- 9780670333615
- Seller
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About This Item
The Viking Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. 11x9x0. This richly illustrated book is a welcome event for scientists, writers, photographers, and armchair travelers, since here, for the first time in book form, are reproduced more than 300 color photographs by Tui De Roy Moore, the only photographer who has had access to the Galapagos since childhood. For more than ten years she has concentrated on capturing the most unusual and revealing aspects of the islands - views that have eluded photographers with limited time and access to remote areas. Here we can see large groups of wild tortoises atop the volcano Alcedo, the nesting albatross on Hood Island, and such rarely seen species as the flightless rail, the Galapagos owl, and the woodpecker finch. Mrs. Moore was able to film eruptions of the volcano on Fernandina Island and to spend hours waiting for the perfect shot of a Galapagos hawk circling the smoldering caldera. She has also recorded a battle between bull sea lions, albatrosses in courtship display, and the flowering of endemic plants never even seen by tourists. Her text, which encompasses the latest scientific theories about the formation of the Galapagos, the evolution of its wildlife, and her own observations about its ecology and conservation, is another unique feature of this remarkable book. Tui De Roy is an award-winning wildlife photographer, naturalist, and author of many books on wildlife themes around the world. She is also an ardent conservationist who has combined her lifeâs three passions â Wildness, Photography and Conservation â into a successful career as a world communicator striving to sensitize her audiences to take better care of our natural planet.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010022313
- Title
- Galapagos: An Island Lost in Time
- Author
- De Roy Moore, Tui. Introduction By Peter Matthiessen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670333611
- ISBN 13
- 9780670333615
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 11x9x0
- X weight
- 42 oz
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