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Herald and Pandora: A Chronicle of Panama Belles, Irish Colonies & Giant Tortoises

In 1847, Irish naval officer Henry Kellett was drawn into a secret British assessment of the Galápagos. His expedition, involving scientists and surveyors, exposed the islands’ strategic limits—and the devastating nineteenth-century trade in giant tortoises.

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