Isle Of The Amazons In The Vermilion Sea
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Isle Of The Amazons In The Vermilion Sea
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Author : Gregory MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: 39 West Press
Release Date : 2019-04-23
Isle Of The Amazons In The Vermilion Sea written by Gregory MacDonald and has been published by 39 West Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-23 with Travel categories.
Myth has it that Baja California was once ruled by a giant queen, Calafia. Her subjects were black Amazon women, and they lived in a land of ferocious griffins, tall mountains, precipitous cliffs, and deep valleys. Baja was also said to be an island of gold and precious stones. Spanish explorers, lured by tales of riches and beautiful women, were drawn to this mythical place. Jesuit priests, adventurers, fishermen, hunters, and the curious soon followed. In Isle of the Amazons in the Vermilion Sea, Gregory MacDonald has assembled a superb collection of excerpts from diaries, letters, field notes, books, and journals. These short impressions give us the sights, smells, sounds, and tastes of mountain hamlets, lush valleys, hot deserts, and blue seas, and together, they create a stunning narrative of the mythology, history, and topology of the Baja land, sea, and people. Montalvo, Cortéz, and Padre Eusebio Kino—in 1400, 1535, and 1701, respectively—describe the flora and fauna of a peninsula untouched by civilization, and in the twentieth century, Bancroft, Cannon, Crosby, Gardner, North, Steinbeck, and Octavio Paz, among others, speak of the fishing, the hunting, and, despite hardships, the pure joy of being. The writers observe fish pileups and feeding-frenzies; suffer insect bites, cactus pricks, and jellyfish stings; and are awed by magical sunsets, the silence of the desert, and the stars. Original illustrations by award-winning printmaker Judith Palmer transform the work into a masterpiece.
Isle Of The Amazons In The Vermilion Sea
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Isle Of The Amazons In The Vermilion Sea written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) categories.
Isle Of The Amazons In The Vermilion Sea
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Author : Gregory MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: 39 West Press
Release Date : 2019-04-23
Isle Of The Amazons In The Vermilion Sea written by Gregory MacDonald and has been published by 39 West Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-23 with Travel categories.
Myth has it that Baja California was once ruled by a giant queen, Calafia. Her subjects were black Amazon women, and they lived in a land of ferocious griffins, tall mountains, precipitous cliffs, and deep valleys. Baja was also said to be an island of gold and precious stones. Spanish explorers, lured by tales of riches and beautiful women, were drawn to this mythical place. Jesuit priests, adventurers, fishermen, hunters, and the curious soon followed. In Isle of the Amazons in the Vermilion Sea, Gregory MacDonald has assembled a superb collection of excerpts from diaries, letters, field notes, books, and journals. These short impressions give us the sights, smells, sounds, and tastes of mountain hamlets, lush valleys, hot deserts, and blue seas, and together, they create a stunning narrative of the mythology, history, and topology of the Baja land, sea, and people. Montalvo, Cortéz, and Padre Eusebio Kino—in 1400, 1535, and 1701, respectively—describe the flora and fauna of a peninsula untouched by civilization, and in the twentieth century, Bancroft, Cannon, Crosby, Gardner, North, Steinbeck, and Octavio Paz, among others, speak of the fishing, the hunting, and, despite hardships, the pure joy of being. The writers observe fish pileups and feeding-frenzies; suffer insect bites, cactus pricks, and jellyfish stings; and are awed by magical sunsets, the silence of the desert, and the stars. Original illustrations by award-winning printmaker Judith Palmer transform the work into a masterpiece.
Kayaking The Vermilion Sea
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Author : Jonathan Waterman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1996-12-10
Kayaking The Vermilion Sea written by Jonathan Waterman and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-12-10 with Travel categories.
With two slender sixty-pound kayaks, a ten-pound medical kit, twenty pounds of books, triple-digit temperatures, and no contact with the outside world, Jonathan and Deborah Waterman spent two months paddling through the violent tides and storms that define the mythically charged Sea of Cortes. Amid the lore and romantic past of the Baja they discovered that what began as a mutual exploration would soon become an unforgettable test of will. Exhilarating and lyrical, filled with images of death, beauty, and adventure, this paradisiacal journey depicts the past and present of a legendary body of water -- and the struggle of a man and a woman to find each other.
Lex Mercatoria Rediviva
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Author : Wyndham Beawes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1783
Lex Mercatoria Rediviva written by Wyndham Beawes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1783 with Commerce categories.
The Century Dictionary The Century Cyclopedia Of Names Ed By Benjamin E Smith Vol I
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
The Century Dictionary The Century Cyclopedia Of Names Ed By Benjamin E Smith Vol I written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Atlases categories.
The Century Dictionary And Cyclopedia The Century Cyclopedia Of Names
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Author : William Dwight Whitney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
The Century Dictionary And Cyclopedia The Century Cyclopedia Of Names written by William Dwight Whitney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Atlases categories.
The Century Dictionary The Century Cyclopedia Of Names Ed By Benjamin E Smith Vol I
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Author : William Dwight Whitney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
The Century Dictionary The Century Cyclopedia Of Names Ed By Benjamin E Smith Vol I written by William Dwight Whitney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Atlases categories.
The Century Cyclopedia Of Names
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Author : Benjamin Eli Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
The Century Cyclopedia Of Names written by Benjamin Eli Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Biography categories.
Lex Mercatoria Or A Complete Code Of Commercial Law Being A General Guide To All Men In Business 6th Ed Enlarged Etc
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Author : Wyndham Beawes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1813
Lex Mercatoria Or A Complete Code Of Commercial Law Being A General Guide To All Men In Business 6th Ed Enlarged Etc written by Wyndham Beawes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1813 with categories.