1. Sea of Cortez collecting expedition

    · Gulf of California, Mexico

    Steinbeck joined Ed Ricketts on a biological-specimen collecting expedition to the Gulf of California. Their experience became the basis of Sea of Cortez and later The Log from the Sea of Cortez. Coordinate is a representative offshore point for the broad gulf; the source does not specify a single landing site or voyage position.

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