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.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Smithsonian Institution.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902--Travel--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).

Powell, John Wesley.

Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Description and travel.

Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([3], xi, [1], 291 p., [74] leaves of plates) : ill., maps.

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:

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

Includes index.

Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.

OCLC:

123390310