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Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries : explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500–1926 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Smithsonian Institution.
Contributor:
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902.
Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899.
Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896.
Series:
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Description and travel.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).
United States--Exploring expeditions.
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902--Travel--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).
Powell, John Wesley.
Local Subjects:
United States--Exploring expeditions.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 291 p., [66] leaves of plates ) ill. ;
Other Title:
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries
Canyons of the Colorado.
Place of Publication:
Washington : G.P.O., 1875.
Notes:
J.W. Powell in charge.
The present report does not include a narrative of the second descent of the river in 1871-1872, a detailed account of which may be found in F.S. Dellenbaugh's A canyon voyage, New York, 1908.
Chapters 1-9 of pt. 1, with 6 chapters added, were published later (Meadville, Pa., 1895) under title: Canyons of the Colorado, by J.W. Powell.
GEO-081.
Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
Sabin no. 64753.
Cited in:
RLIN, CTRG10169780-B
OCLC:
123390310

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