Giant tortoise being fed at Tring Park
In 1897 Walter Rothschild despatched explorer Charles Harris to the Galapagos islands to collect a large number of giant tortoises, aiming in part to protect them from potential extinction from hunting. Eventually 144 giant tortoises from Galapagos and Aldabra in the Seychelles ended up at Rothschild home grounds of Tring Park
Picture No
10987772
Media ID
47639294
Size
3958px x 2946px
(6.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
The Natural History Museum, London
Date
1897
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