Native Americans discovered the Grand Canyon, leaving petroglyphs and structures in testament of their existence there.
Captain Garcia Lopez de Cardenas made the discovery for the Europeans in 1540.
The first human to see the Grand Canyon did so about 12,000 years ago; and that person's name has long been lost to history.
The first European to write about having seen the Canyon was Captain Garcia Lopez de Cardenas, doing so in 1540.
By land: The first person to explore the Grand Canyon by land is Francisco Vasquez de Cornado.
By river: The first person to explore the Grand Canyon by river is John Wesley Powell.
The Grand Canyon was discovered in 1540 by El Tovar, one of the captains of Cardenas, in charge of one of the expeditions of the Spanish explorer, Diaz, who was hunting for seven fabled cities of vast wealth. "They reached the banks of a river which seemed to be more than three or four leagues above the stream that flowed between them." It was seen in 1776 by a Spanish priest who sought a crossing and found one at a point far above the canyon; this still bears the name Vado de los Padres
Captain Garcia Lopez de Cardenas is credited with being the first European to visit the Grand Canyon.
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John W. Powell
Powell did not discover the Grand Canyon, but he led the first known passage through the Canyon in 1869. It was first seen by Europeans in 1540 but had been known by the Native Americans for centuries.
The Native American population first discovered the Grand Canyon. The first outsiders to discover it were the Spanish.
He is one of the first to discover the Grand Canyon
He was the first white man discover the Grand Canyon. He wrote in a diary about his adventure and discovered some new species.
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In September 1540
He discovered the Grand canyon and the Colorado River
the grand canyon
Now known as Arizona, and New Mexico. Also The Grand Canyon.
the description is that the grand canyon is the grand canyon is a very large an impetuous mountain that was formed by 6 million years of erosion that formed the grand canyon. first is was soft but year after year it hardened
No, it was Captain Garcia Lopez de Cardenas of the 1540 Coronado Expedition.
The Anasazi.