Who were the first to discover the Grand Canyon?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Just for the record, Cornado was awesome. He died during a battle with some native americans. poison arrows. it was a sad day.

Powell is also a county in the great state of Kentucky. Yay for the bluegrass state!

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

Captain Garcia Lopez de Cardenas is credited with being the first European to visit the Grand Canyon.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

John W. Powell