Speaker’s Book:
The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca, by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
The Island of California: How Bad Mapping Created a State
Online:
- Defender of the Gate: The Presidio of San Francisco, a History from 1846 to 1995 – National Park Service
- “More Like A Pig Than a Bear”: Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo Is Taken Prisoner During the Bear Flag Revolt, 1846 – History Matters
- 18 Maps From When the World Thought California Was an Island – Wired
- When California was an Island – KQED
- Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
- The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island – Stanford University Libraries
Print:
- El Presidio de San Francisco: A History Under Spain and Mexico, 1776-1846, by John P. Langellier
- The Anza Trail and the Settling of California, by Vladimir Guerrero
- Pathfinder: John Charles Frémont and the Course of American Empire, by Tom Chaffin
- The Elusive Eden: A New History of California, by Richard Rice and Richard J. Orsi
Between Legend and Land: Fra Mauro’s Map of the World
Online:
- Psalter World Map (Interactive) – British Library
- Mappa Mundi(Interactive) – Hereford Cathedral
- Fra Mauro’s Mappa Mundi – Cartographic Images
Print:
- Mapping Time and Space: How Medieval Mapmakers Viewed Their World, by Evelyn Edson.
- Ordo Orbis Terrae: Die Weltsicht in Den Mappae Mundi Des Fruhen Und Hohen Mittelalters, by Brigitte Englisch
- Fines Terrae: Die Enden Der Erde Und Die Vierte Kontinent Auf Mittelalterlichen Weltkarten, by Anna-Dorothee von den Brincken
- Great Maps, by Jerry Brotton
- A Mapmaker’s Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice, by James Cowan
- Fra Mauro’s Map of the World, by Piero Falchetta
- Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography, by Will C. van den Hoonaard
The Geology of Game of Thrones: Real Science Hidden in Fiction
Online:
- Geology of Game of Thrones – Miles Traer
- Building the Geologic History of Game of Thrones – Generation Anthropocene
Print:
- A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin
- A Conversation with the Earth, by Hans Cloos
- Wonderful Life, by Stephen Jay Gould
- Annals of the Former World, by John McPhee
X Marks the Spot! (I Kidd, I Kidd)
Online:
- Kidd’s Pirate Treasure Charts
- The Arrignment, Tryal, And Condemnation of Captain Kid for Murther and Piracy (PDF of Court Transcripts)
- Execution of Captain Kidd ~ History Today
- (Podcast) The Oak Island Money Pit (Podcast) & (Podcast) Captain Kidd’s Treasure – Skeptoid
- Treasure hunter found £40m haul…then lost it (From The Argus)
- Pirate Captain Kidd’s ‘treasure’ found in Madagascar – BBC News
- How Many Times Are We Going to Find Captain Kidd’s Treasure? – The Daily Beast
- Hunting for the Buried Treasure of Captain Kidd – Weird NJ
- Indiana University discovers 1699 Captain Kidd Shipwreck – Indiana University
- Captain Kidd Ship Found
Print:
- Treasure and Intrigue: The Legacy of Captain Kidd, by Graham Harris
- The Secret Treasure of Oak Island: The Amazing True Story of a Centuries-Old Treasure Hunt, by D’Arcy O’Connor
Subterranean Cartography or How I Learned to Embrace My Inner Cthulhu
Online:
- Exploring Carlsbad Caverns – U.S. Geological Service
Print:
- The Alchemical Mercurius: Esoteric Symbol of Jung’s Life and Works, by Mathew Mather
- Deep Secrets: The Discovery and Exploration of Lechuguilla Cave, by Stephen Reames
- Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical, by Walter Burkert
- The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work, by Joseph Campbell, Phil Cousineau, & Stuart L. Brown
- The Call of Cthulhu, by H.P. Lovecraft
- Cave Exploring: The Definitive Guide to Caving Technique, Safety, Gear, and Trip Leadership, by Paul Burger
Whatever Happened to Sir John Franklin?: The Search for the Open Polar Sea
Online:
Arctic Passage ~ Nova
Print:
- Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition, by Owen Beattie & John Geiger
- Barrow’s Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude and Outright Lunacy, by Fergus Fleming
- Unraveling the Franklin Mystery, by David C. Woodman
For each salon, we invite our speakers to share the resources and interesting reading they came across in researching their talk, so that we can all dig more deeply. This reading list was compiled by Odd Salon with Marcelo Pontin, Barbara North, Miles Traer, Jonathan Pirro, Nick Angel, and Kelly Jensen. Thank you!
