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Title: 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
Author: [Powell, John Wesley]
Description: [4], xi, 291 pp. Profusely illustrated with wood-engraved plates, many after photographs; folding map and folding profile in pocket at rear. 11½x8¾, period full calf (spine absent). First Edition.Account of the first descent of the Colorado River, by geologist Powell, who was to become the second head of the U.S. Geological Survey. Francis Farquhar calls it "one of the basic documents of Colorado River history." Farquhar Colorado River 42a; Graff 3336; Howes P528
Heading: Place Published: Washington
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Date Published: 1875