Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries

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book exploration narrative

Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries is John Wesley Powell’s classic 19th-century account of his pioneering scientific and geographic survey of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
exploration narrative ⓘ
associatedPerson U.S. Geological Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith United States government exploration programs ⓘ
author John Wesley Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describesEvent Powell's 1869 Colorado River expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ
Powell's 1871–1872 Colorado River expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ
documents Native American cultures of the Colorado River region ⓘ
geologic formations of the Grand Canyon ⓘ
river navigation challenges ⓘ
field ethnography ⓘ
geography ⓘ
geology ⓘ
hydrology ⓘ
focusesOnRegion Colorado Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glen Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand Canyon region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Green River NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre exploration literature ⓘ
scientific report ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasPerspective explorer's first-person account ⓘ
scientific ⓘ
hasTheme human encounter with extreme environments ⓘ
risk and survival in wilderness exploration ⓘ
scientific understanding of landscapes ⓘ
historicalSignificance early systematic survey of the Colorado River ⓘ
foundational work in the study of the Grand Canyon ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
mainCharacter John Wesley Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor descriptions of rapids and canyons ⓘ
detailed topographic observations ⓘ
integration of scientific data with narrative ⓘ
relatedWork Canyons of the Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Colorado River of the West NERFINISHED ⓘ
tributaries of the Colorado River ⓘ
subject American West NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colorado River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographic exploration ⓘ
scientific survey ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed late 19th century ⓘ

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this entity surface form: 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition