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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
by John Wesley Powell
Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 2008. Collector\'s edition. Very good leather bound hardcover. Slight bump to spine at titling, tight binding, solid spine, gilt edges and decorations, clean unmarked text. 8vo, illustrated with period photographs and maps, 397 pages.
Tan leather, 22k gold gilt titling on cover & spine, four raised spine bands. All edges 22k gold gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin bookmark bound-in. Printed on archival acid-neutral paper.
In the summer of 1869, when the American West remained largely unmapped territory, Major John Wesley Powell, a 35-year-old professor of natural history, and nine adventurers set out from Green River Station, Wyoming Territory, to explore the Colorado River and its canyons. This extraordinary account, originally published in 1895 as \"Canyons of the Colorado,\" chronicles the first thorough cartographic and scientific investigation of long segments of the Green and Colorado rivers in the southwestern United States, including the first recorded passage of white men through the entirety of the Grand Canyon. Powell, a Civil War veteran who had lost his right arm at Shiloh, possessed the rare combination of scientific rigor and frontier courage necessary for such an undertaking. His narrative unfolds with the methodical precision of a geologist and the vivid drama of an explorer confronting what he called \"the Great Unknown\". The expedition lasted three harrowing months, during which only six of the explorers exited at the mouth of the Grand Canyon, with three men tragically killed after abandoning the party just days before its successful completion. Powell\'s prose captures both the scientific wonder of discovering ancient geological formations and the raw terror of navigating uncharted rapids in wooden boats. This Easton Press edition preserves one of America\'s greatest exploration narratives in sumptuous leather binding, making it a cornerstone piece for collectors of Western Americana, scientific expeditions, and adventure literature. Recently ranked number four on Adventure magazine\'s list of top 100 classics, Powell\'s account remains the definitive chronicle of the last great geographical discovery in the continental United States.
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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
by John Wesley Powell
Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 2008. Collector\'s edition. Very good leather bound hardcover. Slight bump to spine at titling, tight binding, solid spine, gilt edges and decorations, clean unmarked text. 8vo, illustrated with period photographs and maps, 397 pages.
Tan leather, 22k gold gilt titling on cover & spine, four raised spine bands. All edges 22k gold gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin bookmark bound-in. Printed on archival acid-neutral paper.
In the summer of 1869, when the American West remained largely unmapped territory, Major John Wesley Powell, a 35-year-old professor of natural history, and nine adventurers set out from Green River Station, Wyoming Territory, to explore the Colorado River and its canyons. This extraordinary account, originally published in 1895 as \"Canyons of the Colorado,\" chronicles the first thorough cartographic and scientific investigation of long segments of the Green and Colorado rivers in the southwestern United States, including the first recorded passage of white men through the entirety of the Grand Canyon. Powell, a Civil War veteran who had lost his right arm at Shiloh, possessed the rare combination of scientific rigor and frontier courage necessary for such an undertaking. His narrative unfolds with the methodical precision of a geologist and the vivid drama of an explorer confronting what he called \"the Great Unknown\". The expedition lasted three harrowing months, during which only six of the explorers exited at the mouth of the Grand Canyon, with three men tragically killed after abandoning the party just days before its successful completion. Powell\'s prose captures both the scientific wonder of discovering ancient geological formations and the raw terror of navigating uncharted rapids in wooden boats. This Easton Press edition preserves one of America\'s greatest exploration narratives in sumptuous leather binding, making it a cornerstone piece for collectors of Western Americana, scientific expeditions, and adventure literature. Recently ranked number four on Adventure magazine\'s list of top 100 classics, Powell\'s account remains the definitive chronicle of the last great geographical discovery in the continental United States.
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