John Wesley Powell (1834–1902)
Autor(a) de The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
About the Author
Powell was born in western New York. His family later moved to Ohio and then to Wisconsin, where he began his adult life as a teacher. For about nine years, he taught and took time to study at colleges in Ohio and Illinois. When the Civil War began, he enlisted and quickly rose to the rank of mostrar mais major, laying out roads and designing bridges. Powell was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh and lost his right arm. Because of these events, for the remainder of his life he was referred to as Major Powell or One-arm Powell. After the war, he organized several expeditions down the Colorado River, which heretofore had not come under scientific study. It was during these trips and others that he formulated the concept of base level and antecedent streams. Although his ideas and observations are noteworthy, Powell was not a prolific writer, and his writings were not scholarly in style. Powell became the president of the U.S. Geological Survey, a position from which he lobbied congressmen and senators for funding for topographic mapping and technical reports. He was a strong proponent of developing the American West on a sound and realistic foundation. Powell died in Maine during the summer of 1902. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de John Wesley Powell
Introduction to Handbook of American Indian Languages plus Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico (Bison… (1963) — Autor — 100 cópias
Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, With a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah (1876) 28 cópias
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT Of The BUREAU Of ETHNOLOGY To The SECRETARY Of The SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1882 - '83. (1886) 22 cópias
First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology (To the Secreteary of the Smithsonian Institute): 1879-1880 (1881) 21 cópias
Ninth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-'88 (1892) 17 cópias
Third annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82 (1884) 16 cópias
Seventh annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-86 (1891) 16 cópias
Eighth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-87 (1891) 15 cópias
Second annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81 (1883) 14 cópias
Sixth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-85 (1888) 14 cópias
Anthropology of the Numa; John Wesley Powell's manuscripts on the Numic peoples of Western North America,… (1971) 13 cópias
Sixteenth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95 (1897) 12 cópias
First through the Grand Canyon: Being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70 (1915) 12 cópias
Twenty-First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1899 - 1900 (1903) 12 cópias
Tenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology : to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-89 (1889) 11 cópias
11th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1889-90 (1894) 8 cópias
Twenty-third (23rd) Annual Report Of The Bureau Of American Ethnology To The Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution… (1904) 8 cópias
Twentieth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1898-99 (1903) 7 cópias
Fifteenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology : to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94 (1897) 7 cópias
The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell. A collection of papers honoring Powell on the 100th anniversary of… (2001) 6 cópias
Thirteenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology : to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92 (1896) 6 cópias
Nineteenth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology : to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1897-98 (1900) 6 cópias
Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1900… (2018) 5 cópias
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the… (2011) 5 cópias
Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1895-96:… (1898) 4 cópias
Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1897-1898… (1900) 4 cópias
Contributions to North American Ethnology vol IV. (contribs: Houses and House Life of the American Aborigines by Lewis… (1881) 4 cópias
On the evolution of language, as exhibited in the specialization of the grammatic processes, the differentiation of the… (1881) 4 cópias
Selected prose of John Wesley Powell 3 cópias
Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1896-97… (1899) 2 cópias
Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1892-1893 in Two… (2017) 2 cópias
Bureau of Ethnology 2 cópias
Exploring the Colorado River: Firsthand Accounts by Powell and His Crew (Dover Books on Travel, Adventure) (2012) 2 cópias
Beyond The Hundredth Meridian - John Wesley Powell And The Second Opening Of The West (1954) 2 cópias
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 15, No. 1-4, January, April, July, October 1947 - The Exploration of the Colorado… (1947) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Selected Prose of John Wesley Powell-A Collection of Essays & Articles Dogmas & Prophecies Edited and Introduced by… (1970) 2 cópias
Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution… 1 exemplar(es)
Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1897-98,… 1 exemplar(es)
Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1885 1 exemplar(es)
Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution… 1 exemplar(es)
Twenty First Annual Report - Bureau of Ethnology 1 exemplar(es)
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT Of The BUREAU Of ETHNOLOGY To The SECRETARY Of The SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1893 - '94. 1 exemplar(es)
Twenty Third Annual Report - Bureau of Ethnology 1 exemplar(es)
Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1897-98… 1 exemplar(es)
Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute 1 exemplar(es)
Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institiute… 1 exemplar(es)
A RIVER RUNNING WEST 1 exemplar(es)
Publications of the Bureau of Ethnology Part 2 14 1 exemplar(es)
NINTH ANNUAL REPORT Of The BUREAU Of ETHNOLOGY To The SECRETARY Of The SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 1887 - 1888. (1892) 1 exemplar(es)
Contributions to North American Ethnology, vol. 5 1 exemplar(es)
On Primitive Institutions 1 exemplar(es)
James Constantine Pilling (1846-1895) 1 exemplar(es)
The Philosophic Bearings of Darwinism: An Address Delivered Before the Biological Society of Washington at the Darwin… 1 exemplar(es)
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT NO. 4 1 exemplar(es)
Report of the Secretary of the Interior; Being Part of the Messages and Documents Communicating to the Two Houses of… 1 exemplar(es)
Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1890-91 Part II Irrig (1891) 1 exemplar(es)
Report of the Bureau of Ethonology to the Secretary of Smithsonian Institution 1879 - 1880 1 exemplar(es)
fifth annual report of the united states geological survey to the secretary of the interior 1883-84 1 exemplar(es)
Report of The director of the USGS 1882 volume 3 (of 4) 1 exemplar(es)
Nineteenth Annual Report Of The Bureau Of American Ethnology To The Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution 1897-98 :… 1 exemplar(es)
Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1881-82 1 exemplar(es)
Rare -Powell DOWN THE COLORADO First edition Hardback Grand Canyon Eliot Porter Photos 1 exemplar(es)
Report on the geology of the eastern portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto. With… 1 exemplar(es)
Introduction to the study of Indian languages, with words, phrases and sentences to be collected 1 exemplar(es)
Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1885-'86 1 exemplar(es)
Fourteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1892-'93. Part… 1 exemplar(es)
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT NO. 5 1 exemplar(es)
Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology 1900-1901: Part I. (1904) 1 exemplar(es)
Contributions to North American Ethnology Vol. 3 1 exemplar(es)
Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1897-98,… 1 exemplar(es)
Twenty-Third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institutions… 1 exemplar(es)
Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-'91 1 exemplar(es)
Third Annual Report of he Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1881-'82 1 exemplar(es)
Sixth Annual Report 1 exemplar(es)
Map of Linguistic Stocks of American Indians. 1 exemplar(es)
Wyandot government: a short study of tribal society 1 exemplar(es)
Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology To the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1889-89 (1893) 1 exemplar(es)
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 1895-96 (in two parts, Part I) 1 exemplar(es)
Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, with a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah. 1 exemplar(es)
Report of special commissioners J. W. Powell and G. W. Ingalls on the condition of the Ute Indians of Utah; the… 1 exemplar(es)
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991) — Contribuinte — 259 cópias
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 7, No. 1-3, January, April and July 1939 - Diary of Almon Harris Thompson (1939) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Powell, John Wesley
- Outros nomes
- Powell, J. W.
- Data de nascimento
- 1834-04-24
- Data de falecimento
- 1902-09-23
- Local de enterro
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Mount Morris, New York, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Brooklin, Maine, USA
- Locais de residência
- Jackson, Ohio, USA
Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA
Boone County, Illinois, USA - Educação
- Illinois College
Oberlin College - Ocupação
- geologist
university professor
civil servant
army officer - Organizações
- U.S. Geological Survey
Smithsonian Institution
Illinois Natural History Society
Illinois Wesleyan University
Illinois State Normal University
Museum of the Illinois State Natural History Society (mostrar todas 7)
U.S. Army - Premiações
- mineral Powellite named in his honor
Lake Powell named in his honor
Powell Peak named in his honor
Powell Plateau named in his honor
Powell, Wyoming, USA named in his honor
Criminal Justice Services Department of Mesa County in Grand Junction, Colorado residential building named in his honor (mostrar todas 8)
John Wesley Powell Middle School, Littleton, Colorado, USA named in his honor
Powell Jr High School, Mesa, Arizona, USA named in his honor
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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons de John Wesley Powell
This is like an adventure novel and a travel journal, boring at times, interesting and readable others.
Classic read about the first major expedition of the Colorado river area. Great descriptions of the landscape and the adventures of the crew. Also interesting to read about the interaction of Powell and his team with local Indian tribes and description of their different cultures
Though plain spoken in describing the portages in such canyons the immensity of the landscape and the task undertaken by Powell and his men permeated the read. Truly an awesome undertaken. And his descriptions of side canyons and Indians that inhabited these areas in the early 1870s were very interesting and unsentimental. A very enlightening though sometimes tedious read.
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- Avaliação
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- ISBNs
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