2012 Event The last known Pinta Island Tortoise, Lonesome George, is found dead in the Galapagos Islands 1947 Event Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands 1835 Event HMS Beagle leaves Galapagos Archipelago/sails to Tahiti 1835 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache James Island, Galapagos archipelago 1835 Event HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago 1835 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache Galapagos Islands 1535 Event Bishop Tomas de Berlanga discovers Galapagos Islands
