Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries
Subtitle: explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
By: [report of J.W. Powell]
Contributors: Thompson, A. H. (Almon Harris), 1839-1906, contributor; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899, contributor; Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896, contributor
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1875
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Description and travel; Discovery and exploration; Travel; Canyons; History; Discoveries in geography; American
Description: Map and profile in pocket. Chapters 1-9 of pt. 1, with six chapters added, were pub. later (Meadville, Pa., 1895) under title: Canyons of the Colorado, by J.W. Powell ... 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 genera Geomys and Thomomys, by Elliott Coues. Addendum A. The cranial and dental characters of Geomydæ, by Elliott Coues. Addendum B. Notes on the salamander of Florida (Geomys Tueza) by G.B. Goode. 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.
Notes: Map and profile in pocket.

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.

Includes index.

Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: pt. 2. On the physical features of the valley of the Colorado; title: pt. 3. Zoology: Abstracts of results of a study of the genera Geomys and Thomomys / by Elliott Coues. Addendum A. The cranial and dental characters of Geomyidae. Addendum B. Notes on the "salamander" of Florida (Geomys Tueza) / by G. Brown Goode.