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A Canyon Voyage : $b The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 — John Shaqi

A Canyon Voyage : $b The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

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A Canyon Voyage : $b The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872

Name: A Canyon Voyage : $b The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872
Author: Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Grand Canyon (Ariz.); Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902; United States -- Discovery and exploration

Storm effect from South Rim.




MAPS


A.
     Map by the U. S. War Department, 1868. Supplied by the
     courtesy of General Mackenzie, U. S. A., showing the knowledge
     of the Colorado River basin just before Major Powell began
     operations. The topography above the junction of the Green and
     Grand is largely pictorial and approximate. The white space
     from the San Rafael to the mouth of the Virgin is the unknown
     country referred to in this volume which was investigated in
     1871-72-73. Preliminary maps B, C, and D at pages 244-46, and
     207 respectively, partly give the results of the work which
     filled in this area.                                       95

B.
     Preliminary map of a portion of the southern part of the
     unknown country indicated by blank space on Map A, at page 95,
     showing the Hurricane Ledge, Uinkaret and Shewits Mountains
     and the course of the Grand Canyon from the mouth of Kanab
     Canyon to the Grand Wash. The Howlands and Dunn left the first
     expedition at Catastrophe Rapid at the sharp bend a few miles
     below the intersection of the river and longitude 113° 30',
     climbed out to the north and were killed near Mt. Dellenbaugh.
                                                               244

C.
     Preliminary map of a portion of the central part of the
     unknown country indicated by the blank space on Map A, at page
     95, showing the Kaibab Plateau, mouth of the Paria, Echo
     Peaks, House Rock Valley and the course of part of Glen Canyon
     and of Marble Canyon and the Grand Canyon to the mouth of the
     Kanab Canyon. El Vado is at the western intersection of the
     37th parallel and the Colorado River, and Kanab is in the
     upper left-hand corner of the map--just above the 37th
     parallel which is the boundary between Utah and Arizona. The
     words "Old Spanish Trail from Santa Fé to Los Angeles" near El
     Vado were added in Washington and are incorrect. The old
     Spanish trail crossed at Gunnison Crossing far north of this
     point which was barely known before 1858.                 246

D.
     Preliminary map of a portion of the northern part of the
     unknown country indicated by the blank space on Map A, at page
     95, showing the course of part of Glen Canyon, the mouth of
     the Fremont (Dirty Devil) River, the Henry (Unknown)
     Mountains, and the trail of the first known party of white men
     to cross this area. The Escalante River which was mistaken for
     the Dirty Devil enters the Colorado just above the first
     letter "o" of Colorado at the bottom of the map. The Dirty
     Devil enters from the north at the upper right-hand side.
                                                               207

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A Canyon Voyage : $b The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872

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