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With "The Exploration of the Colorado River and its Canyons," readers can explore the one-thousand miles of the Colorado River in its natural state nearly one-hundred and fifty years ago. Legendary explorer John Wesley Powell, accompanied by a crew of close friends and associates, details his travels through the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon at a time when much of the area was unknown to contemporary readers. Starting in Wyoming, the crew travelled...
Author
Series
American exploration and travel volume 45
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[c1965]
Physical Desc
xxv, 237 p. illus., maps. 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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John Wesley Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers that included the first passage of European Americans through the Grand Canyon. Powell served as second director of the US Geological Survey (1881-1894), and was also the director of the Bureau...
Author
Series
Great West and Indian volume 4
Publisher
Westernlore Press
Pub. Date
1955
Physical Desc
165 p. plates. 22 cm.
Language
English
18) The Colorado
Author
Series
Publisher
Rinehart & Company, Incorporated
Pub. Date
[1946]
Physical Desc
xii, 400 p. illus., col. pl., maps (1 double) 21 cm.
Language
English
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