Floreana, Galapagos
While the Galapagos is not really a "scenic" destination, being a volcanic archipelago on the Pacific ocean does provide some interesting landscapes. The island of Floreana has the added colorful history of being rich with legends and mysteries.
Legend holds that the Galapagos Island Tortoise can perceive the intentions of human visitors to its home, dispensing a powerful curse if the tortoise believes those intents to be harmful. History provides us with an elegant example of this curse in the story of Thomas Chappel, helmsman for the doomed Nantucket whaler, Essex. In 1820, while visiting what is now known as Floreana, Chappel set a fire that burned the entire island down to the rock and was responsible for the extinction of several species. Only a short time later, the Essex would be attacked and sunk by a sperm whale, setting off the tragic series of events immortalized in Melville’s Moby Dick.
Three more sensational stories involving sex, murder, and mystery occured on Floreana in the early 1930's: "The Adam and Eve of the Galapagos", "The Swiss Family Robinson of the Galapagos", and "The Baroness of the Galapagos".
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Floreana, Galapagos
While the Galapagos is not really a "scenic" destination, being a volcanic archipelago on the Pacific ocean does provide some interesting landscapes. The island of Floreana has the added colorful history of being rich with legends and mysteries.
Legend holds that the Galapagos Island Tortoise can perceive the intentions of human visitors to its home, dispensing a powerful curse if the tortoise believes those intents to be harmful. History provides us with an elegant example of this curse in the story of Thomas Chappel, helmsman for the doomed Nantucket whaler, Essex. In 1820, while visiting what is now known as Floreana, Chappel set a fire that burned the entire island down to the rock and was responsible for the extinction of several species. Only a short time later, the Essex would be attacked and sunk by a sperm whale, setting off the tragic series of events immortalized in Melville’s Moby Dick.
Three more sensational stories involving sex, murder, and mystery occured on Floreana in the early 1930's: "The Adam and Eve of the Galapagos", "The Swiss Family Robinson of the Galapagos", and "The Baroness of the Galapagos".
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