Digital Resources for Expedition Dudetrek

Ebooks/PDFs

 Baja Books:

• Hunter, Clark R.. Baja California. Automobile Club of Southern California, 1994
• Potter, Ginger M.. Baja Book IV: The Complete Guide to Today’s Baja California Peninsula. Baja Source, Inc., 1996
• Niemann, Greg. Baja Legends: The Historic Characters, Events, and Locations That Put Baja California on the Map. Sunbelt Publications, Inc., 2002
• Roberts, Norman C. Baja California Plant Field Guide. Natural History Pub. Co., 1989.
• McPeak, Ronald H. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California. Sea Challengers, 2000.
• Crosby, Harry W., and Enrique Hambleton. The Cave Paintings of Baja California: Discovering the Great Murals of an Unknown People. Sunbelt Publications, 1997.
• Aschmann, Homer. The Central Desert of Baja California: Demography and Ecology. Hugh Manessier, 1967.
• Zwinger, Ann. A Desert Country near the Sea: a Natural History of the Cape Region of Baja California. University of Arizona Press, 1987.
• Gardner, Erle Stanley. Hunting the Desert Whale. Companion Book Clubs, 1964.
• Mackintosh, Graham. Into a Desert Place: a 3000 Mile Walk around the Coast http://Steinbeck, John. Log from the “Sea of Cortez”: Narrative Portion of the “Sea of Cortez”. Mandarin, 1995.of Baja California. W.W. Norton, 1995.
• Steinbeck, John. Log from the “Sea of Cortez”: Narrative Portion of the “Sea of Cortez”. Mandarin, 1995.
• Williams, Jack. The Magnificent Peninsula: the Comprehensive Guidebook to Mexico’s Baja California. H.J. Williams Publications, 1998.
• Barco, Miguel del. The Natural History of Baja California. Dawson’s Book Shop, 1980.
• Baegert, Jacob. Observations in Lower California: Translated from the Original German, with an Introd. and Notes. University of California Press, 1952.
• Gardner, Erle Stanley. Off the Beaten Track in Baja. Morrow, 1967.
• Laylander, Don, and Jerry D. Moore. The Prehistory of Baja California: Advances in the Archaeology of the Forgotten Peninsula. University Press of Florida, 2006.
• Minch, John A., et al. Roadside: Geology and Biology of Baja California. J. Minch, 1998.
• Browne, J. Ross, et al. A Sketch of the Settlement and Exploration of Lower California. D. Appleton, 1869.
• Krutch, Joseph Wood. The Forgotten Peninsula. University of Arizona Press, 1987.
• Brusca, Richard C. Common Intertidal Invertebrates of the Gulf of California. University of Arizona Press, 1980.
• Xántus János, and Ann Zwinger. John Xántus: the Fort Tejon Letters. University of Arizona Press/Eurospan, 1987
• Janovy, John. Vermilion Sea: a Naturalist’s Journey in Baja California. Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
• Gotshall, Daniel. Marine Animals of Baja California: a Guide to the Common Fishes and Invertebrates. Sea Challengers, 1987.
• Kramer, Jennifer C. Baja: Tijuana to Los Cabos. Avalon Travel, 2017.

General Field Guides

• Gilbert, Carter Rowell, and James D. Williams. National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fishes. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
• Thompson, Ida, and Townsend Dickinson. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils. Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.
• Milne, Lorus Johnson, and Margery Milne. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders. Knopf, 2005.
• Whitaker, John O. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals. Knopf, 1996.
• Chartrand, Mark R., and Wil Tirion. National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky. A.A. Knopf, 1991
• King, Wayne. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. Knopf, 1979.
• Chesterman, Charles W. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
• Meinkoth, Norman August. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashore Creatures. A.A. Knopf, 1995.
• Rehder, Harald Alfred, and James H. Carmichael. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashells. Knopf, 2005.
• Ludlum, David M. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather. A.A. Knopf, 1991.
• Spellenberg, Richard. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Western Region. Knopf, 1979.
• Morris, Percy A. A Field Guide to Shells of the Pacific Coast and Hawaii: Including Shells of the Gulf of California. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966.
• Sibley, David. The Sibley Guide to Birds: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014
• Sibley, David. The Sibley Guide to Trees. Knopf, 2009.
• Bascom, Willard. Waves and Beaches: the Dynamics of the Ocean Surface. Anchor Press, 1980.
• Brown, Kenneth A. Cycles of Rock and Water: Upheaval at the Pacific Edge. HarperCollins West, 1994.
• Tilton, Buck, and Frank Hubbell. Medicine for the Backcountry. ICS Books, 1994.
• Montgomery, David R. Dirt: the Erosion of Civilizations. University of California Press, 2008.

Bushcraft/”Primitive” Skills Books

• • Graves, Richard. The 10 Bushcraft Books. Dymock’s Book Arcade, 2017.
  • McPherson, John, and Geri McPherson. Ultimate Guide to Wilderness Living. Ulysses Press, 2009.
  • Jamison, Richard L., and Linda Jamison. Primitive Skills and Crafts: an Outdoorsman’s Guide to Shelters, Tools, Weapons, Tracking, Survival, and More. Skyhorse Pub., 2011.
  • Kephart, Horace. The Book of Camping and Woodcraft: a Guidebook for Those Who Travel in the Wilderness. Publisher Not Identified, 2017.
  • Salomon, Julian Harris. The Book of Indian Crafts and Indian Lore. Harper and Row, 1928.
  • Graves, Richard, et al. Australian Bushcraft: a Guide to Survival and Camping. Child & Associates, 1989.
  • Beard, Dan. The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft. Cornerstone Book Publishers, 2016.
  • Seton, Ernest Thompson. The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore: with over 500 Drawings by the Author. Sequoia Books, 2004.
  • Montgomery, David R. Native American Crafts and Skills: a Fully Illustrated Guide to Wilderness Living and Survival. Lyons Press, 2000.
  • Gibby, Evard H. How to Make Primitive Pottery. Eagles’s View Pub. Co., 1994.

Spanish Books:

• Spanish English Visual Bilingual Dictionary. DK Publishing, 2015.
• Neruda, Pablo. Veinte Poemas De Amor y Una canción Desesperada. Grupo Editorial Norma, 2002.
• Bregstein, Barbara. Easy Spanish Step-by-Step. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2014.

Naturalist Apps:

• GaiaGPS: With the ESRI Satellite and INEGI topographical maps pre-downloaded for the entire peninsula, plus the premium subscription for extra map overlays like NatGeo maps.
• EBird: From th Cornell Lab of Ornithology. For recording bird sightings.
• Merlin: From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. For identifying birds
• Audubon: From the National Audubon Society. Digital Field Guide App
• iNaturalist: For general species observation recording, identification, and information
• LifeMap: Visual representation of the tree of life with wiki pages for the varius kingdoms, phylums, species, etc. Only works online
• Rockd: Geology app showing surface layers, faults, etc. with citations
• Star Walk 2: Star gazing app.