A hundred kilometers away from the American Continent, in the midst of the Pacific Ocean, on the Equator, is a volcanic archipelago anciently referred to as “The Enchanted Isles”, presently known as Galapagos. It got its epithet of “Enchanted Isles” from Spanish sailors due to the difficulty of navigating its waters. The theme was later immortalized by the writer Herman Melville, who referred to the capricious, bewildering currents and winds that hindered his voyage to such a degree that it took his ship a month to sail between two islands merely 90 miles apart.