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The Journals of Lewis and ClarkPaperback, 31 December 2002

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Reading Age
Ages: 18
Grade Levels
13
Part of Series
Lewis & Clark Expedition
Print Length
560 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Penguin Group
Date Published
31 Dec 2002
ISBN-10
0142437360
ISBN-13
9780142437360

Description

In 1803, when the United States purchased Louisiana from France, the great expanse of this new American territory was a blank--not only on the map but in our knowledge. President Thomas Jefferson keenly understood that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward and that a national Voyage of Discovery must be mounted to determine the nature and accessibility of the frontier. He commissioned his young secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to lead an intelligence-gathering expedition from the Missouri River to the northern Pacific coast and back. From 1804 to 1806, Lewis, accompanied by co-captain William Clark, the Shoshone guide Sacajawea, and thirty-two men, made the first trek across the Louisiana Purchase, mapping the rivers as he went, tracing the principal waterways to the sea, and establishing the American claim to the territories of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Together the captains kept a journal, a richly detailed record of the flora and fauna they sighted, the Indian tribes they encountered, and the awe-inspiring landscape they traversed, from their base camp near present-day St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River. In keeping this record they made an incomparable contribution to the literature of exploration and the writing of natural history.

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 18
Authors:
Meriwether LewisWilliam Clark
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
31 December 2002
Dimensions:
19.3 x 12.7 x 3.56 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 13
ISBN-10:
0142437360
ISBN-13:
9780142437360
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
560
Publisher:
Weight:
430.91 gm

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