Lewis and Clark Expedition The exploration of North America was the undertaking of adventurers. Typically, these adventurers were enthusiastic young men accustomed to hard living, unforeseen twists and turns in their venture, and many adversities. These traits characterize the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition of the early nineteenth century. Inside you will read about... - The Mission - Meriwether Lewis - William Clark - Departure - To the Pacific - The Return Trip And much more! This is a tale of forging into unknown territory, encountering indigenous people of various tribes, discovering plant and animal life never seen before, and most importantly, it is a story of laying claim to it all for the young nation of the United States of America. The story unfolds over more than two years, and the results were instrumental in building a nation from sea to sea.
When Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the "Corp of Discovery" left St. Louis, Missouri, on May 21, 1804, their mission was to explore the vast, unknown territory acquired a year earlier in the Louisiana Purchase.
ANNOTATION: In Discovering Lewis and Clark from the Air, aerial photographer Jim Wark and Lewis and Clark scholar Joseph A. Mussulman offer a fascinating new perspective on the Corps' historic journey.
"In graphic novel format, tells the dramatic story of Lewis and Clark's exploration of the unmapped American West"--Provided by publisher.
For me thebook that changed everything was John L. Allen's Passage through the Garden: Lewis and Clark and the Imageof the American Northwest, first published by the Universityof Illinois Press in1975. Reading it set me to studying ...
This set was first published in 1904 from the manuscripts of the American Philosophical Society together with manuscript material of Lewis and Clark and from other sources including notebooks, letters and maps, and the journals of Charles ...
Lewis lighted his pipe and offered it to the chief , but another ceremony had to precede the smoking of the peace pipe . Every Indian pulled off his moccasins - a custom , Lewis learned , “ which indicates the sacred sincerity of their ...
The journals of the Lewis & Clark expedition: a project of the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln....
Tabeau's letter informed the captains that Murdoch Cameron, a trader on the Minnesota River in modern Minnesota, was arming the Sioux in order for them to carry out revenge on the Chippewa Indians for killing three of Cameron's men.
Through its extensive use of primary source materials and invaluable contextual notes, this book offers a documented history of one of the most famous adventures in early American history: the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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