García López de Cárdenas discovers the Grand Canyon

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The precise location of where he first saw the Grand Canyon is unknown but he was along the south rim.

View of the Grand Canyon from the North Rim

García López de Cárdenas, (fl. 16th century), is credited with the first European discovery of the Grand Canyon.

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