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Wheeler, G.M.
Mouth of the Lower Grand Can
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1889
Exploration Book
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Wheeler, G.M. |
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Mouth of the Lower Grand Canon of the Colorado River. 1871. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889) |
| List No |
2220.020 |
| Note |
Color lithographed view. "Plate No. XX is an illuminated sketch made from a photograph taken in the Grand Canon near its mouth ... The sun breaking through upon the vari-colored sedimentary beds enlivens a contrast of colors that no artist can accurately copy."-- v. 1, p. 163. |
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Wheeler, G.M.
Grand Canon from Sheavwitz C
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1889
Exploration Book
| Authors |
Wheeler, G.M. |
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View looking south into the Grand Canon of the Colorado, from Sheavwitz Crossing. 1872. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889) |
| List No |
2220.021 |
| Note |
Lithographed view, b&w. " ... shows a projecting rock on the right hand of the sketch called 'Devil's Anvil,' that overhangs the almost perpendicular canon. Part of the southern wall is shown, and also the river-bed. The photographic view was taken at a point a little higher up than Diamond Creek by one of the land parties of 1872."-- v. 1, p. 164. |
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Wheeler, G.M.
Grand Canon near Kanab Wash.
1889
Exploration Book
| Authors |
Wheeler, G.M. |
| Full Title |
Grand Canon of the Colorado River, near mouth of the Kanab Wash, looking east. 1872. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889) |
| List No |
2220.022 |
| Note |
Sepia tone lithographed view. "... redrawn from a photograph taken in 1872 ... and shows some of the pecularities of the erosion and the number of beds that make up the plateau system at this locality."-- v. 1, p. 168. |
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Wheeler, G.M.
Grand Canon near Paria Creek
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1889
Exploration Book
| Authors |
Wheeler, G.M. |
| Full Title |
Grand Canon of the Colorado, near Paria Creek, looking east. 1872. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889) |
| List No |
2220.023 |
| Note |
Sepia tone lithographed view. "... gives an illustration of the verticality of the lower or first wall above the bed of the river, as also the carving of its surface at Paria Creek. A part of the summit of an irregular plateau appears in the distance."-- v. 1, p. 168. |
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O'Sullivan, T. H., Wheeler,
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Colorado River party, Diamon
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1889
Exploration Book
| Authors |
O'Sullivan, T. H., Wheeler, G.M. |
| Full Title |
Colorado River party reaching mouth of Diamond Creek. 1871. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889) |
| List No |
2220.024 |
| Note |
Sepia tone lithographed view. "Plate XXIV is a sketch redrawn from a photograph by O'Sullivan ... showing the northern wall of the canon that is here eroded into gentler profiles ... " |
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Hamel, P.W., Nell, Louis, Wh
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Map, river and land parties,
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1889
Exploration Book
| Authors |
Hamel, P.W., Nell, Louis, Wheeler, G.M. |
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Map showing routes of the river and land parties engaged in exploring the Grand Canon of the Colorado. Under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. 1871. P.W. Hamel and L. Nell, topographers. Issued Feb. 4th 1878. The Graphic Co. Photo-Lith., 30 & 41 Park Place, N.Y. Weyss, Thompson & Lang del. By order of the Honorable the Secretary of War. Under the direction of Brig. Gen. A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army. (in upper margin:) United States Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889) |
| List No |
2220.025 |
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Lithographed map, sepia toned. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows drainage, roads, surveyors' routes & campsites, etc. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. |
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Wheeler, G.M.
Grand Canon, Colorado River.
1875
Exploration Book
| Authors |
Wheeler, G.M. |
| Full Title |
Grand Canon, Colorado River. (1875) |
| List No |
2220.071 |
| Note |
Sepia tone lithographed view. |
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Bell, Robert, Wheeler, G.M.
Perched rock, Rocker Creek,
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1875
Exploration Book
| Authors |
Bell, Robert, Wheeler, G.M. |
| Full Title |
Perched rock, Rocker Creek, Arizona. (1875) |
| List No |
2220.075 |
| Note |
Sepia tone lithographed view. Shows man near eroded base of large rock. |
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