John Wesley Powell expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Wesley_Powell_expedition

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Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:explorer
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:destination	gptkb:Grand_Canyon
gptkbp:endDate	1872
gptkbp:explores	gptkb:Colorado_River gptkb:Grand_Canyon
gptkbp:firstExpeditionEnd	August 30, 1869
gptkbp:firstExpeditionStart	May 24, 1869
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	John Wesley Powell expedition
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:John_Wesley_Powell
gptkbp:notableEvent	first known passage through the Grand Canyon by boat
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Frank_Goodman gptkb:George_Y._Bradley gptkb:Jack_Sumner gptkb:John_Colton_Sumner gptkb:Seneca_Howland gptkb:Walter_H._Powell gptkb:John_Knight gptkb:Frank_Richardson gptkb:George_M._Wheeler gptkb:William_Henry_Holmes gptkb:Andrew_Hall gptkb:Thomas_Moran gptkb:William_Dunn gptkb:Elliott_Coues gptkb:Almon_Harris_Thompson gptkb:Billy_Hawkins gptkb:John_F._Steward gptkb:Frederick_Dellenbaugh gptkb:Franklin_N._Richardson gptkb:Jack_Hillers gptkb:Stephen_V._Jones E.O. Beaman Oramel Howland Frederick S. Bishop George Franklin Bradley J.K. Hillers James Fennemore Walter Clement Powell William H. Hawkins
gptkbp:numberOfBoatsFirstExpedition	4
gptkbp:numberOfExpeditions	2
gptkbp:numberOfMenFirstExpedition	10
gptkbp:result	scientific mapping of the Colorado River geological and ethnographic studies
gptkbp:route	gptkb:Colorado_River gptkb:Green_River
gptkbp:secondExpeditionEnd	September 7, 1872
gptkbp:secondExpeditionStart	May 22, 1871
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution gptkb:U.S._Geological_Survey
gptkbp:startDate	1869
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Nankoweap_Trail
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8