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Lewis and Clark expedition

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Lewis and Clark expedition 1803-6, U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean. Purpose Thomas Jefferson had long considered the project of a western expedition, having encouraged John Ledyard when he proposed such an expedition in the 1780s, and as president he contemplated the matter in earnest and discussed it with his private secretary, Capt. Meriwether Lewis . When Congress approved the plan in 1803 and appropriated money for it, Jefferson named Lewis to head it, and Lewis selected William Clark... Read more

Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).In a January...Discovery arrived at St. Louis. The Lewis and Clark Expedition, which produced extensive published...Moulton, ed., The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition , 1986–. Stephen E. Ambrose... Read more

Lewis and Clark Expedition
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