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INTRODUCTION page i 



Marine exploralion comes of age and moves into a home of its own 



BIOGRAPHY PAGE 5 



A pioneer heritage leads to examination of frontiers of knowledge 



LA BREA PITS page 15 



Inspiration rises from a natural treasure house of paleontology 



EXPEDITIONS page 35 



Zeal tempered by experience evolves the achievement of an ideal 



FOUNDATION page 53 



An institution u'hich stands as the lengthening shadow of one man 



MUSIC PAGE 59 



In the cosmos of cultural things, a talent for self-expression 



SANTA MARIA page 65 



Inherent love of the soil is concentrated on the valley of gardens 



AUXILIARY PAGE83 



The Velero III, fitted out with devices most useful to scientists 



EQUIPMENT PAGE97 



For the recording of important data, a multiplicity of instruments 



GUADALUPE page 127 



Home of ponderous sea elephants from which man has learned much 



LA PAZ page 141 



Outpost of Mexico, La Paz lies at the gateway of the Sea of Cortes 



GALAPAGOS page 179 



A vast, mysterious volcanic archipelago which straddles the equator 



GALAPAGOS HISTORY page 193 



A rendezvous for adventuresome Spaniards and swashbuckling pirates 



FLOREANA page 207 



The story of a modern philosophical Robinson Crusoe and his mate 



PARADAISO page 221 



An account of the imperious self-styled Empress of the Galapagos 



P A C H A C A M A C page 247 



Ruins of an ancient civilization founded by worshippers of the sun 



R I O B A M B A page 257 



Mecca of the Quechuas, Children of the Sun, in the Andean highlands 



