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Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868-1937)Lord Rothschild, founder of the Natural History Museum at Tring, riding on the back of a giant tortoise
C. M. Harris tending 29 live Galapagos Tortoises, 1898The Tortoises were collected on the Webster-Harris expedition & were en-route to Walter Rothschilds collection. Probably photographed in Hyde Park, Massachusetts
Giant tortoise being fed at Tring ParkIn 1897 Walter Rothschild despatched explorer Charles Harris to the Galapagos islands to collect a large number of giant tortoises
Giant tortoises at Tring ParkIn 1897 Walter Rothschild despatched explorer Charles Harris to the Galapagos islands to collect a large number of giant tortoises
C. Harris feeding Galapagos tortoises, 1898Sailor and explorer Charles Harris was despatched to the Galapagos islands to collect giant tortoises for Walter Rothschild in 1897
Transporting Giant tortoisesIn 1897 Walter Rothschild despatched explorer Charles Harris to the Galapagos islands to collect a large number of giant tortoises
Geochelone elephantopus, giant tortoise
Testudo abingdonii, Galapagos IslandsIllustration (p.397) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Geochelone carbonaria, red-footed tortoise