3D rendered image of Isla Benedicto from Google Earth.
The Revillagigedo Islands were discovered in 1533 by the Spanish conquistador Fernando de Grijalva; named by, and after himself, the Count of Revillagigedo who ordered the islands to be occupied in 1790. They are solitary remote islands, of interest only to military, scientists and adventurers; not much has been written about them over time. They gained some fame when Alexander von Humboldt mused about them in 1811, and in 1905 a ship reported that the islands had disappeared from sight. Continue Reading
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