1/6/2024 0 Comments Abraham orteliusSailors thought the islands were bewitched and Rivadeneira thought the Galapagos Islands were just floating in the ocean. They were given this name because it was difficult to navigate around the islands due to strong currents and frequent patches of fog. He was famous for naming the islands ‘Las Islas Encantadas’ which means ‘Enchanted or Bewitched Islands’. ![]() In 1546 there was a second visit to the Galapagos Islands by Captain Diego de Rivadeneira who set sail after a defeat in the south of Peru. There were large populations of seals, tortoises, iguanas and ‘many birds like those in Spain, but so silly that they do not know how to flee and many were caught in hand’. Where “God…had rained stones” and the land so infertile that it had not “even the power of raising a little grass.” But he did note the populations of different animals. The Islands were considered by Berlanga to be an ugly barren place. They later found water on a second island. They had to squeeze water from cactus pads to survive. They decided to land in order to search for water but initially found none. When the winds died down he stumbled upon the islands by accident on March 10 1535. The strong ocean current carried him out to the Galapagos Islands. He set sail from Panama on 23 February 1535. He was ordered to sail to Peru by Charles V to provide a report on activities there. Third Latin edition, folio (402 x 268mm.), 3 parts in one, THEATRUM: engraved. In 1535, the Islands were officially discovered by Fray Tomás de Berlanga (the Bishop of Panama at the time). A Statue of Tomás de Berlanga in Soria, Spain
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