The Galapagos banknote commemorates the two hundredth birthday of Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882). This is where he began developing his theory of evolution. The endless beaches of Brazil inspired the central motif of sea turtles. Madagascar (the fourth largest island in the world) is a "Noah's Ark" in the Indian Ocean, and one of the images here is a star tortoise. [hint: this is an automatic translation from German]   |   Category: Notes   |   Material: Papier   |   Country of origin: Analamanga, Madagascar | Similar pieces