The first European was the Spaniard Captain Garcpa Lopez de Cardemas who was a member of the 1540 Coronado search for the Seven Cities of Cibola. Coronada never saw the Grand Canyon and de Cardenas never reached the floor of the Canyon.
The cave men living near to the Grand Canyon, millenniums ago.
low and behold
Coronado himself never saw The Canyon, but one of his captains, Garcia Lopez de Cardenaz, was led there by a group of Hopis.
Not certain who is the "they" you are asking about, but no human had any choice on making the Grand Canyon a big thing. It was already big when the first humans saw it about 12,000 years ago.
No, but he is often given the credit because it was his expedition. He never saw the Grand Canyon. That honor belongs to one of his subordinates, Captain Garcia Lopez de Cardenas.
Garcia Lopez de Cardenas.
Looked for gold, killed Native Americans, enslaved some, and saw the Grand Canyon.
When the first settlers saw the Grand Canyon, they said... answer: "LOW" AND BEHOLD (piano, elude, ballad, anyhow)
Almost fifty years ago, I was eight years old when I first saw the Grand Canyon -- and I can still recall the sense of awe and wonder I got at the view. In the five times I've returned, I've never failed to have those same feeling.
When the first settlers saw the Grand Canyon, they said... answer: "LOW" AND BEHOLD (piano, elude, ballad, anyhow)
In 1540 but he was looking for gold and not a natural marvel and one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. It is unlikel that he ever saw it himself.