The Journey Of Lewis And Clark
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Meriwether Lewis,
Lewis was a United States explorer and administrator. Lewis and
William Clark led an expedition to explore uncharted lands in America from
1804 to 1806. They traveled several thousand miles from St. Louis to
Pacific Ocean and back. Lewis was born near Charlottesville, Virginia ....
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.... by his friend, Captain Meriwether Lewis, As co-leader of
the expedition to explored the uncharted Northwest. During the expedition,
Clark was a mapmaker, artist, and astronomer for the expedition, and kept a
valuable diary.
Clark went on to serve as governor of Missouri Territory from 1813
to1820, and as federal superintendent of Indian affairs. He laid out the
site of Paducah, Kentucky, in 1828. William Clark died in 1838.
The Expedition
The expedition started May 14 1804, sent by Presi ....
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