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I went on a trip to the Galapagos recently and in a museum on one of the islands mentioned this interesting little bit of information:
I cannot find ANY sources online to validate this information. So it probably isn't true or isn't well documented. But ignoring the possibility of incorrect history, what if France or Britain took over the Galapagos from Ecuador in the 19th Century?