Research Sources

Research

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  • Motlagh, Jason Meeting the Cowboys of Baja California, Mexico, National Geographic, 20 Dec 2021 (https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/2021/12/meeting-the-cowboys-of-baja-california-mexico)

  • Angell, Trudi La Recua (Film), Oct 2023 (https://www.larecua.com)

  • Aitchison, Stewart The Desert Islands of Mexico’s Sea of Cortes, University of Arizona Press, 2010

  • Berger, Bruce Almost an Island: Travels in Baja California, University of Arizona Press, 1998

  • Berger, Bruce Oasis of Stone: Visions of Baja California Sur, Sunbelt Publications, 2006

  • Crosby, Harry W. Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768, University of Arizona Southwest Centre, 1994

  • Crosby, Harry W. Californio Portraits: Baja California's Vanishing Culture (Before Gold: California Under Spain and Mexico), University of Oklahoma Press, 2015

  • FONATUR Escalera Náutica del Mar de Cortés, (Nautical Elevations of the Sea of Cortez) Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo, 2003

  • Ganster, Paul; Oscar Arizpe and Antonina Ivanova Loreto: The Future of the First Capital of the Californias, San Diego State University Press, 2007 - (The Loreto Bay Foundation paid to have copies of this book translated into Spanish. Currently, this is the most sold book on Loreto´s history and stories of the town.)

  • Gehlbach, Frederick R. Mountain Islands and Desert Seas, Texas A&M University Press, 1993

  • Gotshall, Daniel W. Sea of Cortez Marine Animals: A Guide to the Common Fishes and Invertebrates, Shoreline Press, 1998

  • Healey, Elizabeth L. Baja, Mexico Through the Eyes of an Honest Lens, Healey Publishing, undated

  • Johnson, William W. Baja California, Time-Life Books, 1972

  • Krutch, Joseph W. Baja California and the Geography of Hope, Ballantine Books, 1969

  • Krutch, Joseph W. The Forgotten Peninsula: A Naturalist in Baja California, University of Arizona Press, 1986

  • Lindblad, Sven-Olaf and Lisa Baja California, Rizzoli International Publications, 1987

  • Marchand, Peter J. The Bare-toed Vaquero: Life in Baja California's Desert Mountains, University of New Mexico Press, 2013

  • Mayo, C. M. Miraculous Air: Journey of a thousand miles though Baja California, the other Mexico, Milkweed Editions, 2002

  • Morgan, Lance; Sara Maxwell, Fan Tsao, Tara Wilkinson, and Peter Etnoyer Marine Priority Conservation Areas: Baja California to the Bering Sea, Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 2005

  • Niemann, Greg Baja Legends, Sunbelt Publications, 2002

  • O’Neil, Ann and Don Loreto, Baja Califorinia: First Mission and Capital of Spanish California, Tio Press, 2004

  • Peterson, Walt The Baja Adventure Book, Wilderness Press, 1998

  • Portilla, Miguel L. Loreto's key role in the early history of the Californias (1697-1773), Keepsake / California Mission Studies Association, 1997

  • Romano-Lax, Andromeda Searching for Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez: A Makeshift Expedition Along Baja’s Desert Coast, Sasquatch Books, 2002

  • Saavedra, José David García and Agustina Jaimes Rodríguez Derecho Ecológico Mexicano, University of Sonora, 1997

  • de Salvatierra, Juan Maria Loreto, capital de las Californias: Las cartas fundacionales de Juan Maria de Salvatierra (Spanish Edition), Centro Cultural Tijuana, 1997

  • Sarte, S. Bry Sustainable Infrastructure: The Guide to Green Engineering and Design, Wiley, 2010

  • Simonian, Lane Defending the Land of the Jaguar: A History of Conservation in Mexico, University of Texas Press, 1995

  • Simon, Joel Endangered Mexico: An Environment on the Edge, Sierra Club Books, 1997

  • Steinbeck, John The Log from the Sea of Cortez, Penguin Books, 2000 (reissue)