Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries : explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, an...
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 / [report of J.W. Powell].
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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1875.
Washington : Government Printing Office, 1875.
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1 online resource (xi, 291 pages, 72 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, map.
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computer
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online resource
Contents
pt. 1. History of the explorations of the cañons of the Colorado [May 24-Sept. 20, 1869]. Report on a trip to the mouth of the Dirty Devil River [May 27-July 11, 1872] / by A.H. Thompson -- pt. 2. On the physical features of the valley of the Colorado -- pt. 3. Zoology: Abstracts of results of a st...
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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1875.
Washington : Government Printing Office, 1875.
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1875.
1875.
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Map and profile in pocket. Chapters 1-9 of pt. 1, with six chapters added, were pub. later (Meadville, Pa., 1895) under title: Canyons of the Colorado, by J.W. Powell ... pt. 1. History of the explorations of the cañons of the Colorado [May 24-Sept. 20, 1869] Report on a trip to the mouth of the Dirty Devil River [May 27-July 11, 1872] by A.H. Tho...
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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 / [report of J.W. Powell].
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature
Includes index.
Map and profile in pocket.
Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
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....
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74VKVEa0NAyg
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