Piers Hale, an historian of science at the University of Oklahoma, taught over the summer a month-long Study Abroad course in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands: HSCI 4970/5970 Charles Darwin and Galapagos: Solving the “mystery of mysteries.” Undergraduate students took both a zoology course in evolutionary ecology and a course on the history of evolutionary thought. Plus, exploring the places and following in the footsteps… not a bad way to get some credits! Piers hopes this can become a regularly offered course.
He has been posting pictures on his Facebook page, so I share here some Darwin-specific shots with his permission.
Here’s a shot from the University of San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador, of Darwin and Wallace (George will like this one):
Darwin bust:
Darwin bust:
Darwin statue:
Charles Darwin:
The bay where the Beagle dropped anchor 15 September 1835:
The bay where the Beagle dropped anchor 15 September 1835:
Avenue 12th February, San Cristobal:
An iguana for Darwin:
That Darwin bust again, nice sunset:
Convention center named after Darwin:
On the grounds of the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island:
I’m jealous…
The Dispersal of Darwin 
I certainly do like the first photo Michael! This is only the second Wallace plaque I know about in the whole of the Americas, apart from one which the Wallace Memorial Fund donated to INPA in Manaus, Brazil.
I knew you would!