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PRINCIPAL ISLANDS of the Galapagos Archipelago are indi- 

 cated in their proper relationship on the chart above which 

 bears the nomenclature of English buccaneers. The islands are 

 spread over an area roughly 150 miles in diameter. The major 

 islands lie just under the equator. Albemarle, approximately 

 75 miles in length and nearly 50 miles across the foot, is the 

 largest. After more than four centuries the islands even today 

 have hardly been explored. 



