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The Rumor That Made Ecuador Look to Its Islands

In October 1914, a rumor of German warships in Galápagos alarmed France and Britain, which asked the United States to step in. Neutral Ecuador investigated and ruled out a military base. Historian Élodie Lenoël explains how the episode led the Ecuadorian state to assert its sovereignty over the remote islands.

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Bryum argenteum Hedw.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF