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Author:
Farnsworth, John Seibert, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018059543
Title:
Coves of departure : field notes from the Sea of Cortez / John Seibert Farnsworth.
Publisher:
Comstock Publishing Associatesan imprint of Cornell University Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xii, 193 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Farnsworth, John Seibert--Travel--Baja California (Peninsula)--Baja California (Peninsula)
Farnsworth, John Seibert--Travel--California, Gulf of.--California, Gulf of.
Natural history--Baja California (Peninsula)--Baja California (Peninsula)
Natural history--California, Gulf of.--California, Gulf of.
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)--Description and travel.
California, Gulf of (Mexico)--Description and travel.
Natural history.
Travel.
Mexico--Baja California (Peninsula)
Pacific Ocean--Gulf of California.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Headwinds -- Vernal equinox -- Night life -- Transect in the Sierra de la Laguna -- To the island -- First interlude : August in Bahia de los Angeles -- Same beach, different expedition -- Sea sparkle -- Red sky at morning -- Second interlude : June in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir -- Essay : the cove of departure -- Death & poetry in the sand dunes -- Tailwind.
Summary:
"The author documents ten years of explorations of the Baja peninsula and the Sea of Cortez as a professor taking undergraduates on sea kayak expeditions to the Isla Espiritu Santo archipelago. He also tells of his experiences with a condor restoration project in the Sierra San Pedro Martir based in a field station on Bahia de los Angeles"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1501730185
9781501730184
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1029884227
LCCN:
2018021682
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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