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Canyons of the Colorado

John Wesley Powell

John Wesley Powell’s Canyons of the Colorado is a first‑hand scientific report of the 1869‑1872 surveys of…

A Canyon Voyage: 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

Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh

James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 1

James, Edwin; Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman); Say, Thomas

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources

John Charles Frémont

First Across the Continent The Story of the Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6

Noah Brooks

Along Alaska's Great River A Popular Account of the Travels of an Alaska Exploring Expedition along the Great Yukon River, from Its Source to Its Mouth, in the British North-West Territory, and in the Territory of Alaska

Frederick Schwatka

James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 3

James, Edwin; Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman); Say, Thomas

James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 4

James, Edwin; Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman); Say, Thomas

Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the Actual Source of This River Embracing an Exploratory Trip Through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Broule) Rivers

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

First through the Grand Canyon: Being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70

John Wesley Powell

James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 2

James, Edwin; Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman); Say, Thomas