1886 4th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, J.W. Powell, Illustrated

Description: Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1882-'83 by J.W. Powell, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1886, 532pp, cloth, 8 x 11.5", 8vo Fair condition. Wear, chipping, and soiling to boards. Gilt illustration on front board. Title in gilt on spine. Tips are bumped with exposed boards. Edges are scuffed. Front hinge is cracked. No known marginalia. Toning, age-staining, and foxing throughout textblock. Binding is cracked. Illustrated. Please see photos. John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902) was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon. Powell was appointed by US President James A. Garfield to serve as the second director of the U.S. Geological Survey (1881-1894) and proposed, for development of the arid West, policies that were prescient for his accurate evaluation of conditions. Two years prior to his service as director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Major Powell had become the first director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution where he supported linguistic and sociological research and publications. FORN-SHELF-0535-BB-2409-JC1237

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