Ebook {Epub PDF} The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by John Wesley Powell

 · The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, recently ranked number four on Adventure magazine’s list of top classics, is legendary pioneer John Wesley Powell’s first-person account /5(2). The great unknown of the southwest is conquered by a one-armed man and his crew of adventurers, placing the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon on the map of.  · John Wesley Powell's Exploration of the Colorado River. Until Powell's exploration, little was known of the Grand Canyon, its surrounding plateaus, or the long reaches of river above it. Legends told of expeditions that had tried to pass through the canyon only to perish in unknown rapids or on lonely rock shores.

After reading "The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons" by John Wesley Powell, I view the book more as a priceless historical reference than a casual read. I think this is confirmed by Powell's long reluctance to publish a popular narrative of his pioneering transit of the Grand Canyon on the Green and Colorado Rivers. He is famous for the Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers that included the first passage through the Grand Canyon. He studied at Illinois College, Wheaton College, and Oberlin College, acquiring a knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin but never John Wesley Powell () was a U. S. Disabled, determined, disciplined, John lWesley Powell floats the Colorado River. Raw courage is the foundation of the quest to map the rapids of the Colorado. Undaunted by weather, broken boats, wet sleeping bags, rationed food, Powell's exploration of the canyon is a testimony to the spirit of discovery.

This journal is history written in the first person plural (so to speak), as well as a gripping adventure story. This is the way a one-armed man (Powell) led an exploration party down the grand canyon of the Colorado, taking measurements, scaling cliffs, running rapids, trying to stay alive to the end. The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, recently ranked number four on Adventure magazine’s list of top classics, is legendary pioneer John Wesley Powell’s first-person account. The exploration of the Colorado River and its canyons. by. Powell, John Wesley, Publication date. Publisher. New York, Dover Publications. Collection.