The California Field Atlas

"This lavishly illustrated atlas takes readers off the beaten path and outside normal conceptions of California (1) 2018 favorite (1) a bit larger than life (1) and a clear-sighted but reverential text. Full of character and color (1) and histories in exquisite maps and trail paintings. Based on decades of exploring the backcountry of the Golden State (1) artist-adventurer Obi Kaufmann blends science and art to illuminate the multifaceted array of living (1) Atlas/Gazetteer/Maps (1) California (17) California artist (1) connected systems like no book has done before. Kaufmann depicts layer after layer of the natural world (1) delighting in the grand scale and details alike. The effect is staggeringly beautiful: presented alongside California divvied into its fifty-eight counties (1) field guide (3) for example (1) Given to Dad (1) House West (1) keys that explain natural phenomena (1) LZ60 (1) map (2) maps and cartography (2) natural history (4) nature (6) no-year (1) of watersheds (1) of wildflower gardens. Maps are enhanced by spirited illustrations of wildlife (1) returned 11/2023 (1) revealing its myriad ecologies (1) science-earth-science (1) The California Field Atlas is the ultimate road trip companion and love letter to a place."-- Provided by publisher. (1) topographies (1) we consider California made up of dancing tectonic plates (1)