evan’s Reviews > On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden > Status Update
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pg ix-x "Sometimes a chagrined look crosses their faces, and they say something about how it is a shame that so many people now live in this place that really ought to be protected...Yet I am often dismayed by the assumption that the presence of towns must be detrimental and that people do not belong in this place that is often called Darwin's natural laboratory of evolution.
— Jul 09, 2024 12:05PM
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"darwin, who so loved paradise lost, saw the islands as as melville did" (28)
people/terms of note
- darwin
- melville
- james colnett
- early conservationism vs today
— Jul 10, 2024 11:25AM
people/terms of note
- darwin
- melville
- james colnett
- early conservationism vs today
evan
is on page 28 of 336
"nature is not a god-given resource for human consumption" (18)
"communicating with nature on a level we'd never experienced before (27) see: romanticization of The Wilderness with indifference toward local populace
"tortoises...were reincarnated forms of cruel ship captains" (27) per melville
further research
- eco tourism
- hunting practices in pre colonial pacific
- enlightenment imperialism
- melville trav narr
— Jul 09, 2024 01:17PM
"communicating with nature on a level we'd never experienced before (27) see: romanticization of The Wilderness with indifference toward local populace
"tortoises...were reincarnated forms of cruel ship captains" (27) per melville
further research
- eco tourism
- hunting practices in pre colonial pacific
- enlightenment imperialism
- melville trav narr
