As far back as the XVI century, the Galapagos Islands have caught the imagination of explorers and travelers alike. The first written mention of the islands was made in 1535 by Tomás de Berlanga, a Spanish priest sailing from Panama to Peru. Due to weather conditions at certain times of the year, the islands lay…
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The Inca Empire had fallen, its gold and treasure pillaged and purged, its King slaughtered and its sun cities left to rot and decay. Yet the conquistadors were greedy for more, their dreams of kingdoms and lost cities covered in gold only fuelled by their destruction of an empire where the sun never set. The…