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The Exploration of the Colorado River and the High Plateaus of Utah by the Second Powell Expedition of 1871-1872
Herbert Gregory (Ed.)
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Paperback. First published in volumes 16-17 of the Utah historical quarterly, 1949. Editor(s): Gregory, Herbert Ernest; Darrah, William Culp; Kelly, Charles. Num Pages: 540 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 739.
The second Powell Colorado River exploration, consisting of eleven men and three boats at the time of launch, departed from Green River Station, Wyoming, on May 22, 1871. Most members kept journals, and this volume contains the writings of three men, Stephen Vandiver Jones, John F. Steward, and Walter Clement Powell, as well as excerpts from the journals of John Wesley Powell. Taken together, they provide diverse points of views about the second expedition, both in terms of its human components and in its scientific labors.
Originally published from 1948 to 1949 as volumes sixteen and seventeen of the Utah ... Read more this volume looks to the larger significance and fruits of the second of Powell’s explorations, a more carefully constituted and better equipped scientific operation, yet one strangely neglected in historical records. Copublished with the Utah State Historical Society. Show Less
The second Powell Colorado River exploration, consisting of eleven men and three boats at the time of launch, departed from Green River Station, Wyoming, on May 22, 1871. Most members kept journals, and this volume contains the writings of three men, Stephen Vandiver Jones, John F. Steward, and Walter Clement Powell, as well as excerpts from the journals of John Wesley Powell. Taken together, they provide diverse points of views about the second expedition, both in terms of its human components and in its scientific labors.
Originally published from 1948 to 1949 as volumes sixteen and seventeen of the Utah ... Read more this volume looks to the larger significance and fruits of the second of Powell’s explorations, a more carefully constituted and better equipped scientific operation, yet one strangely neglected in historical records. Copublished with the Utah State Historical Society. Show Less
Product Details
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
754g
Number of Pages
546
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9780874809640
SKU
V9780874809640
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