- Hassler (vessel)
The "Hassler" was the early steamship used in the service of the United States Coast Survey. In
1871 -72 the ship sailed on the "Hassler" Expedition, the first important scientific expedition sent by the government for marine exploration. The expedition included ProfessorLouis Agassiz and Mrs. Agassiz; Dr.Franz Steindachner , ichthyologist; Dr. Thomas Hill, botanist; and Count L. F. de Pourtalès, J. A. Allen, and others.The steamer left Boston
December 4 ,1871 , and reached San Francisco in August 1872. On the way to St. Thomas surface observations were made. Deep-sea dredging was done atBarbados and along theBrazil ian coast. At the Straits of Magellan frequent stops were made, and at particularly interesting places several days were spent, and inland excursions undertaken, especially to examineglacier s. Throughout the route collections were made, with much of this material deposited in theMuseum of Comparative Zoology atHarvard University . Some of thezoological results of the expedition were published by Agassiz, Lyman, and Pourtalès.References
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