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Thge Travel Book Club. London 1961. One of the more southernmost islands, of the Galapagos Group with a rich soil and water supply. In 1935 Heinz and Margaret Wittmer set up home and have been there ever since. When first inhabited it had an inexhaustible supply of tortoises. Inevitably with permanent occupation, animals were introduced and as a result, tortoises on the island have become extinct, as have some birds. Soiled. Fair condition. Illustratyed dust jacket over blue cloth covered end boards. 239pp. 202 x 130 mm