NMLP P-016396 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Sea of Cortez (Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research)

John Steinbeck and Edward F. Ricketts · The Viking Press (New York) · 1941

US Viking (1941) is the true first and the only edition containing the full Ricketts species catalogue. The later 1951 'The Log from the Sea of Cortez' (Viking) is a separate 'first thus'—Steinbeck-only narrative text WITHOUT the species catalogue, prefaced by 'About Ed Ricketts.' Do not confuse the two.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-016396 for "The Sea of Cortez (Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research)" by John Steinbeck and Edward F. Ricketts (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-016396, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).