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  <dc:creator>Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1970</dc:date>
  <dc:description>One hundred years ago John Wesley Powell and nine adventure-seeking companions completed the first exploration of the dangerous and almost uncharted canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers. By this trip, Powell, a 35-year old teacher of natural history, apparently unhampered by the lack of his right forearm (amputated after the Battle of Shiloh) opened up a large unknown part of continental United States and brought to a climax the era of western exploration.</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.3133/70039264</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Government Printing Office</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>John Wesley Powell: soldier, explorer, scientist</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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