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Lewis and Clark's Expedition of 1804 1806 was of vital importance to the western expansion of the United States.

Lewis and Clark's Expedition of 1804 1806 was of vital importance to the western expansion of the United States.

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bTitle:/b Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean, performed by order of the Government of the United States in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806. By Captains Lewis and Clarke. Published from the official report, and illustrated by ... maps. [Another edition of "History of the Expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, etc." By Nicholas Biddle. Edited by T. Reus.]br/br/bPu...

bTitle:/b Discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and W. Dunbar, Esq. with a statistical account of the countries adjacent. With an appendix by Mr. Dunbar.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in ...

The Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806 to the west coast of America was commissioned by President Jefferson to survey the newly acquired territory of Louisiana. Their mapping of the Missouri river and establishment of relations with native tribes were of vital importance to the westward settlement of America.

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When the Corps of Discovery left the vicinity of St Louis in 1804 to explore the American West, they had only sketchy knowledge of the terrain. William Clark mapped every mile of the journey. On their return Lewis and Clark directed the execution of new maps detailing with accuracy the features of the country that they had traversed.

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Gary E. Moulton is Thomas C. Sorensen Professor of American History at the University of Nebraska and recipient of the J. Franklin Jameson Award of the American Historical Association for the editing of these journals.

Private Joseph Whitehouse produced an account that stands as the only surviving record by any army private in the Corps of Discovery expedition. This is Whitehouse's journal including entries from a second copy of his journal which extends the narrative for five months beyond previous editions.

An accomplished carpenter and boat builder, Patrick Gass proved to be an invaluable and well-liked member of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Promoted to sergeant after the death of Charles Floyd, Gass was almost certainly responsible for supervising the building of Forts Mandan and Clatsop. His records of those forts and of the earth lodges of the Mandans and Hidatsas are particularly detailed and useful. Gass was the last survivor of the Corp...

In this riveting account, Moulton blends the narrative highlights of the Lewis and Clark journals so that the voices of the enlisted men and of Native peoples are heard alongside the words of the captains.