John Wesley Powell (1834–1902)
Autor/a de The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
Sobre l'autor
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 mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys
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Obres de John Wesley Powell
Introduction to Handbook of American Indian Languages plus Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico (Bison… (1963) — Autor — 101 exemplars
Seeing Things Whole: The Essential John Wesley Powell (Pioneers of Conservation) (2001) 35 exemplars
Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, With a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah (1876) 28 exemplars
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT Of The BUREAU Of ETHNOLOGY To The SECRETARY Of The SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1882 - '83. (1886) 22 exemplars
First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology (To the Secreteary of the Smithsonian Institute): 1879-1880 (1881) 21 exemplars
The Grand Canyon Expedition: The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons (2019) 20 exemplars
Ninth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-'88 (1892) 17 exemplars
Seventh annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-86 (1891) 16 exemplars
Third annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82 (1884) 16 exemplars
Eighth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-87 (1891) 15 exemplars
Second annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81 (1883) 14 exemplars
Sixth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-85 (1888) 14 exemplars
Anthropology of the Numa; John Wesley Powell's manuscripts on the Numic peoples of Western North America,… (1971) 13 exemplars
First through the Grand Canyon: Being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70 (1915) 12 exemplars
Twenty-First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1899 - 1900 (1903) 12 exemplars
Sixteenth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95 (1897) 12 exemplars
Fifth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-'84 11 exemplars
Tenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology : to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-89 (1889) 11 exemplars
11th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1889-90 (1894) 8 exemplars
Twenty-third (23rd) Annual Report Of The Bureau Of American Ethnology To The Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution… (1904) 8 exemplars
Twentieth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1898-99 (1903) 7 exemplars
Fifteenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology : to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94 (1897) 7 exemplars
Thirteenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology : to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92 (1896) 6 exemplars
Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1900… (2018) 6 exemplars
The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell. A collection of papers honoring Powell on the 100th anniversary of… (2001) 6 exemplars
Nineteenth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology : to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1897-98 (1900) 6 exemplars
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the… (2011) 5 exemplars
Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1897-1898… (1900) 4 exemplars
Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1895-96:… (1898) 4 exemplars
On the evolution of language, as exhibited in the specialization of the grammatic processes, the differentiation of the… (1881) 4 exemplars
Introduction to the study of Indian languages 4 exemplars
Contributions to North American Ethnology vol IV. (contribs: Houses and House Life of the American Aborigines by Lewis… (1881) 4 exemplars
Selected prose of John Wesley Powell 3 exemplars
Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1892-1893 in Two… (2017) 2 exemplars
Bureau of Ethnology 2 exemplars
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT Of The BUREAU Of ETHNOLOGY To The SECRETARY Of The SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1881 - '82. 2 exemplars
Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1896-97… (1899) 2 exemplars
Beyond The Hundredth Meridian - John Wesley Powell And The Second Opening Of The West (1954) 2 exemplars
Exploring the Colorado River: Firsthand Accounts by Powell and His Crew (Dover Books on Travel, Adventure) (2012) 2 exemplars
Selected Prose of John Wesley Powell-A Collection of Essays & Articles Dogmas & Prophecies Edited and Introduced by… (1970) 2 exemplars
Physiographic regions of the United States 2 exemplars
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 15, No. 1-4, January, April, July, October 1947 - The Exploration of the Colorado… (1947) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
A RIVER RUNNING WEST 1 exemplars
Twenty First Annual Report - Bureau of Ethnology 1 exemplars
Twenty Third Annual Report - Bureau of Ethnology 1 exemplars
NINTH ANNUAL REPORT Of The BUREAU Of ETHNOLOGY To The SECRETARY Of The SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 1887 - 1888. (1892) 1 exemplars
On Primitive Institutions 1 exemplars
James Constantine Pilling (1846-1895) 1 exemplars
Introduction to the study of Indian languages, with words, phrases and sentences to be collected 1 exemplars
Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1890-91 Part II Irrig (1891) 1 exemplars
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West 1 exemplars
Map of Linguistic Stocks of American Indians. 1 exemplars
Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology 1900-1901: Part I. (1904) 1 exemplars
Contributions to North American Ethnology Vol. 3 1 exemplars
Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-'91 1 exemplars
Third Annual Report of he Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1881-'82 1 exemplars
Sixth Annual Report 1 exemplars
Report of the Bureau of Ethonology to the Secretary of Smithsonian Institution 1879 - 1880 1 exemplars
fifth annual report of the united states geological survey to the secretary of the interior 1883-84 1 exemplars
Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology To the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1889-89 (1893) 1 exemplars
Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1885-'86 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991) — Col·laborador — 258 exemplars
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 7, No. 1-3, January, April and July 1939 - Diary of Almon Harris Thompson (1939) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Powell, John Wesley
- Altres noms
- Powell, J. W.
- Data de naixement
- 1834-04-24
- Data de defunció
- 1902-09-23
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Mount Morris, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Brooklin, Maine, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Jackson, Ohio, USA
Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA
Boone County, Illinois, USA - Educació
- Illinois College
Oberlin College - Professions
- geologist
university professor
civil servant
army officer - Organitzacions
- 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 (mostra-les totes 7)
U.S. Army - Premis i honors
- 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 (mostra-les totes 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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- Popularitat
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- ISBN
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- 5