Download or read book The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons written by J. W. Powell and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-27 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.