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A Sheltered Life: The Unexpected History of the Giant Tortoise
A Sheltered Life The Unexpected History of the Giant Tortoise
Author: Paul Chambers
For millennia the mighty giant tortoises lived in isolation on remote oceanic islands such as the Galapagos, Seychelles and Mauritius. Then in the sixteenth century sailors discovered that they were good to eat, and their strategic location led to a wholesale plunder of their population by passing ships. Later, many Victorian scientists became...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195223965
ISBN-10: 0195223969
Publication Date: 10/7/2005
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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