The Journals of Lewis and Clark
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 thir…
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Weitere Autoren: Clark, William / Bergon, Frank
- ISBN: 978-0-14-243736-0
- EAN: 9780142437360
- Produktnummer: 9864875
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 560 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B13.1 cm x D3.2 cm 435 g
- Gewicht: 435
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Frank Bergon is a novelist and professor at Vassar College
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