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"In the years following the Civil War, one great region of the United States remained as a challenge to explorers and geographers -- the vast unmapped area of the canyon country and the roaring rapids-infested Colorado River. This is the life story of Major John Welsey Powell, who organized and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Darrah, William C. (William Culp), 1909-1989
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, 1951.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Powell, John Wesley, > 1834-1902.
Powell, John Wesley, > 1834-1902
HISTORY > United States > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1830-1846 Wilderness bound
  • 1846-1853 Prairie farmer
  • 1853-1861 Illinois schoolmaster
  • 1861-1865 An arm for union
  • 1865-1867 Up Pike's Peak
  • 1868 Across the Continental Divide
  • 1869 Preparations at Green River
  • 1869 First expedition down the Colorado
  • 1869-1870 Among the Cliff Dwellers
  • 1871 Second expedition down the Colorado
  • 1872 Seeking federal support
  • 1873 A special commission among the Utes
  • 1873-1876 A new concept of the canyon country
  • 1877-1878 A proposal for reform of the Land Acts
  • 1878-1879 Consolidation of the surveys
  • 1879-1881 The bureau of ethnology
  • 1881-1884 Double duty
  • 1884-1887 The survey and science in America
  • 1888-1891 The irrigation survey
  • 1886-1891 Life in Washington
  • 1890-1894 The survey under fire
  • 1894-1895 A philosophy of science
  • 1896-1898 Haven
  • 1898-1901 Truth and error
  • 1902 The last days.

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