Canyons of the Colorado by John Wesley Powell

"Canyons of the Colorado" by John Wesley Powell is an account first published in 1875 and revised in 1895. It chronicles the first recorded expedition by white men through the Grand Canyon in 1869, a three-month journey down the Green and Colorado rivers through unexplored southwestern canyon country. Powell and his crew faced near-drownings, lost supplies, and departures of several members, yet produced the first detailed descriptions and maps of this vast, unknown landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
Title Canyons of the Colorado
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_Geographic_Expedition_of_1869
Credits Produced by Eric Eldred, and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 77.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class F786: United States local history: New Southwest. Colorado River, Canyon, and Valley
Subject Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Subject Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Subject United States -- Discovery and exploration
Category Text
EBook-No. 8082
Release Date
Most Recently Updated May 1, 2023
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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