''The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons'' by

John Wesley Powell John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902) was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. H ...

is a classic of American exploration literature. It is about the

Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869 The Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869, led by American naturalist John Wesley Powell, was the first thorough cartographic and scientific investigation of long segments of the Green and Colorado rivers in the southwestern United States, includi ...

which was the first trip down the Colorado River by boat, including the first trip through the

Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon (, yuf-x-yav, Wi:kaʼi:la, , Southern Paiute language: Paxa’uipi, ) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is long, up to wide and attains a depth of over a m ...

. Powell's first written accounts of his exploration appeared in the January, February and March 1875 editions of '' Scribner’s Monthly'' as "The Canons of the Colorado". Pages 293, 394 and 523. The Smithsonian published it in book form in 1875 under title ''Report of the Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries. Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution''. It was revised and published in 1895 as ''The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons''. It includes hundreds of wood engravings based on photographs by E.O. Beaman,

James Fennemore James H. Fennemore (1849–1941) was an American photographer. The Getty Museum has a collection of his work. The Library of Congress also has his work in their collection. The James Fennemore House in Beaver, Utah is listed on the National Regis ...

and John Karl Hillers, and drawings by

Thomas Moran Thomas Moran (February 12, 1837 – August 25, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School in New York whose work often featured the Rocky Mountains. Moran and his family, wife Mary Nimmo Moran and daughter Ruth too ...

.Penguin edition,

Wallace Stegner Wallace Earle Stegner (February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993) was an American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called "The Dean of Western Writers". He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Boo ...

, "Introduction", 2003,

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