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The Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806 across America from Pittsburg to the Pacific and back was the third recorded transcontinental journey. President Jefferson had negotiated the Louisiana Purchase of over two million square kilometres from the French in 1803, and the aim of the expedition was to investigate the territory involved. He commissioned a Corps of Discovery as a scientific and military expedition to survey the acquisition, appointing his aide Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) to lead it. It was hoped to discover that the Missouri and other rivers could be used for transcontinental communication and transport, and to assess the natural resources of the area. Some of the party returned east with specimens, reports and a map, while the remainder reached the Pacific in December 1805. Volume 1 covers the departure and contacts with various Indian tribes, as far as Great Falls, Montana, in June 1805.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139781108023788
eBay Product ID (ePID)92905532
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Publication NameTravels to the Source of the Missouri River: And Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean 1804, 1805, and 1806
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2010
SeriesCambridge Library Collection-North American History
TypeTextbook
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
AuthorWiilliam Clark, Meriwether Lewis
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Weight570 g
Item Width140 mm
VolumeVolume 1
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EditorThomas Rees
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMeriwether Lewis, Wiilliam Clark