Yonke into ekufuneka uyazi ngaphambi kokundwendwela iziqithi zeGalápagos

Eyona Ukhenketho Lokuzonwabisa Yonke into ekufuneka uyazi ngaphambi kokundwendwela iziqithi zeGalápagos

Yonke into ekufuneka uyazi ngaphambi kokundwendwela iziqithi zeGalápagos

Iziqithi zeGalápagos, ezikumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-600 kunxweme lwase-Ecuador, zahlala ziyimfihlo yendalo kwizigidi zeminyaka. Ngaphezulu kwelo xesha, i-archipelago yaguqukela kwikhaya leenkwenkwezi zezityalo kunye nezilwanyana. Ngexesha elithile kwi-1800s, abanye abaphangi be-swashbuckling abaphangi kunye nabaphengululi abanesibindi baqala ukufika kwiiGalápagos Islands. Olona ndwendwe ludumileyo lwakuqala yayinguCharles Darwin, isazi sendalo eselula esachitha iintsuku ezili-19 sifunda ngeziqithi & apos; Izityalo nezilwanyana ngo-1835. Ngo-1859, uDarwin wapapasha Kwimvelaphi yeeNdidi , owazisa imfundiso yakhe yendaleko- kunye neeGalápagos Islands - kwihlabathi.



Ukusukela ngoko, iindaba zezi ziqithi kunye nobuhle bazo obumangalisayo zikhule ngokuthe chu. Ngo-1959, iGalápagos yaba yipaki yokuqala yesizwe yase-Ecuador, yaza ngo-1978, yabizwa ngokuba yi-a Indawo ye-UNESCO yeLifa leMveli . Namhlanje, ngaphezulu kwama-275,000 abantu bandwendwela iGalápagos minyaka le ukuze bazibonele ezi zilwanyana kunye neendawo ezintle zomhlaba.