The Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806 across America from
Pittsburg to the Pacific and back was the third recorded
transcontinental journey. President Jefferson had negotiated the
Louisiana Purchase of over two million square kilometres from the
French in 1803, and the aim of the expedition was to investigate
the territory involved. He commissioned a Corps of Discovery as a
scientific and military expedition to survey the acquisition,
appointing his aide Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) to lead it. It was
hoped to discover that the Missouri and other rivers could be used
for transcontinental communication and transport, and to assess the
natural resources of the area. Some of the party returned east with
specimens, reports and a map, while the remainder reached the
Pacific in December 1805. Volume 2 covers the journey from Three
Forks, Montana, the source of the Missouri, to the Pacific, and
their winter quarters.
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