When geologist Powell and his party of explorers first assayed the Colorado in 1869, it was North America's longest stretch of uncharted river. This is the story of that three-month, thousand-mile excursion, told in the words of the men who negotiated and mapped the river, through their journals, accounts, and letters. Black-and-white illustrations. Unabridged republication of the The Great Unknown: The Journals of the Historic First Expedition Down the Colorado River, published by Northland Publishing, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1988.
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by J. W. Powell Full text of Powell's 1,000-mile expedition down the fabled Colorado in 1869. Superb account of terrain, geology, vegetation, Indians, famine, mutiny, treacherous rapids, mighty canyons. 240 illustrations.
