Description: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries

Main Author:	Smithsonian Institution.
Other Authors:	Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902., Thompson, A. H. 1839-1906., Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899., Goode, G. Brown 1851-1896.
Format:	Microfilm
Language:	English
Published:	Washington : Govt. Print. Off., 1875.
Physical Description:	2 leaves, xi, 291 pages : frontispiece, plates, folded map, folded profile ; 30 cm.
Series:	Western Americana ; reel 501, no. 5009.
Subjects:	Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) United States -- Discovery and exploration.

Item Description:	Eberstadt, no. III-321. Howes, U.S.IANA, no. P.528. Map and profile in pocket. J.W. Powell in charge. The present report does not include a narrative of the second descent of the river in 1871-1872, a detailed account of which may be found in F.S. Dellenbaugh's A Canyon voyage, New York, 1908. Chapter 1-9 of pt. 1, with 6 chapters added, were published later (Meadville, Pa., 1895) under title: Canyons of Colorado, by J.W. Powell .. References: Eberstadt no. III-321. References: Howes, U.S.IANA, no. P.528. pt. 1. History of the explorations of the cañons of the Colorado [May 24-Sept. 20, 1869] Report on a trip to the mouth of the Dirty Devil River [May 27-July 11, 1872] by A.H. Thompson.--pt. 2. On the physical features of the valley of the Colorado.--pt. 3. Zoology: Abstracts of results of a study of the genra Geomys and Thomomys, by Elliott Coues. Addendum A. The cranial and dental characters of Geomyidoe, by Elliott Coues. Addendum B. Notes on the. salamander of Florida (Geomys Tueza) by G.B. Goode. Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel ; 35 mm. (Western Americana ; Reel 501, no. 5009)
Physical Description:	2 leaves, xi, 291 pages : frontispiece, plates, folded map, folded profile ; 30 cm.