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The whales know : a journey through Mexican California / Pino Cacucci ; translated by Katherine Gregor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cacucci, Pino, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)--Description and travel.
- Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (83 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [London, England] : Armchair Traveller at the bookHaus, [2014]
- Summary:
- A journey through a wild landscape that echoes with legends of pirates, queens, Jesuits, buried treasures-and extraordinary whales.
- Contents:
- Intro
- The Whales Know
- Contents
- 1. 'Call Me Ishmael'
- 2. Return to La Paz
- 3. Todos Santos
- 4. The Friendly Gringos of Todos Santos
- 5. Espiritu Santo
- 6. Endless Cacti
- 7. The Jesuits of Baja
- 8. Towards Puerto San Carlos
- 9. What Little I Know of Them
- 10. On the Mountains of Sierra La Giganta
- 11. Eclipse and Sausages
- 12. The Charm of Bahía Concepcíon
- 13. The Battle that Changed the Destiny of Baja
- 14. Punta Chivato
- 15. Miner Indios and Muralist Indios
- 16. From the Bay of the Angels to the Devil's Peak
- 17. 'Ensenada the Dead Seal …'
- 18. La Ruta del Vino
- 19. Frontera
- 20. Colorado, el río Desaparecido
- Translator's Note.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 22, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9781907973932
- 1907973931
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