The discoverer of the Galápagos Islands, Fray Tomás de Berlanga, Bishop of Panama, wrote in 1535 of "such big tortoises that each could carry a man on top of himself."
O descubridor das illas Galápagos, Frei Tomás de Berlanga, bispo de Panamá, escribiu en 1535 o seguinte "esas grandes tartarugas que poden transportar encima un home".