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Pinta Island, the Glossary

Pinta Island (Isla Pinta) is one of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, west of South America.^[1]

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Islands of the Galápagos Islands
Shield volcanoes of Ecuador
Volcanoes of the Galápagos Islands

Ambrose Cowley

William Ambrosia Cowley, also known as Ambrose Cowley and Captain Cowley, was a 17th-century English buccaneer who surveyed the Galápagos Islands during his 1683–1686 circumnavigation of the world while serving under several captains such as John Eaton, John Cook, and later Edward Davis.

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Canton (administrative division)

A canton is a type of administrative division of a country.

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Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus (between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

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Earl of Abingdon

Earl of Abingdon is a title in the Peerage of England.

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Ecuador

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.

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English people

The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture.

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Feral

A feral animal or plant is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated individuals.

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Galapagos hawk

The Galápagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) is a large hawk endemic to most of the Galápagos Islands.

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Galápagos fur seal

The Galápagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) is one of eight seals in the genus Arctocephalus.

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Galápagos Islands

The Galápagos Islands (Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator west of the mainland of South America.

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Galápagos National Park

Galápagos National Park (Parque Nacional Galápagos) was established in 1959.

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Galápagos Province

Galápagos is a province of Ecuador in the country's Insular region, located approximately off the western coast of the mainland.

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Galápagos sea lion

The Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) is a species of sea lion that lives and breeds on the Galápagos Islands and, in smaller numbers, on Isla de la Plata (Ecuador).

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Introduced species

An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.

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James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon

James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon (16 June 1653 – 22 May 1699), styled Hon.

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List of animal names

In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups.

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Lonesome George

Lonesome George (Solitario George or Jorge, 1910 – June 24, 2012) was a male Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis niger abingdonii) and the last known individual of the subspecies.

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Marine iguana

The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), also known as the sea iguana, saltwater iguana, or Galápagos marine iguana, is a species of iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador).

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Martín Alonso Pinzón

Martín Alonso Pinzón, (Palos de la Frontera, Huelva; c. 1441 – c. 1493) was a Spanish mariner, shipbuilder, navigator and explorer, oldest of the Pinzón brothers.

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Parish (administrative division)

A parish is an administrative division used by several countries.

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Pinta (ship)

La Pinta (Spanish for The Painted One, The Look, or The Spotted Onehttp://www.indepthinfo.com/columbus-christopher/nina-pinta-santa-maria.htm -->) was the fastest of the three Spanish ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first transatlantic voyage in 1492.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinta_Island

Also known as Abingdon Island, Abington Island, Isla Pinta, Island of Pinta, Pinta Galapagos, Pinta, Galápagos.

Pinta Island, the Glossary

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See also

Islands of the Galápagos Islands

Shield volcanoes of Ecuador

Volcanoes of the Galápagos Islands

References