Rio Colorado of the West
Relief shown by shading and hachures. Also shows routes of exploration. At head of title: Explorations and Surveys, War Department, map no. 2. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 3 copies
Contributor:
Egloffstein, F. W. - United States. Office of Explorations and Surveys - Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson) - Ives, J. C.
Maps of Grand Canyon National Park
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in northwestern Arizona is one of the earth's greatest natural wonders. It became a national park in 1919. So famous is this landmark to modern Americans that it seems surprising that it took more than thirty years for it to become a national park. President Theodore Roosevelt visited the rim in 1903 and exclaimed:
Contributor:
L'isle, Guillaume De - Simonneau, Charles
Date:1703
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