Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries

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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 ⓘ
associatedWith United States government exploration programs ⓘ
author John Wesley Powell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describesEvent Powell's 1869 Colorado River expedition ⓘ
Powell's 1871–1872 Colorado River expedition ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Glen Canyon ⓘ
Grand Canyon region ⓘ
Green River ⓘ
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 ⓘ
notableFor descriptions of rapids and canyons ⓘ
detailed topographic observations ⓘ
integration of scientific data with narrative ⓘ
relatedWork Canyons of the Colorado ⓘ
setting Colorado River of the West ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River

tributaries of the Colorado River ⓘ
subject American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West

Colorado River ⓘ
Grand Canyon ⓘ
geographic exploration ⓘ
scientific survey ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed late 19th century ⓘ

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John Wesley Powell → notableWork → Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries ⓘ
John Wesley Powell → expedition → 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition ⓘ
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