Travels to the Source of the Missouri River: And Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean 1804, 1805, and 1806 (Cambridge Library Collection - North American History) (Volume 2)

Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, Wiilliam

ISBN 10: 1108023797 / ISBN 13: 9781108023795

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 2010

A propos de cet article

N° de réf. du vendeur ABLIING23Mar2317530277427

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River: And Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean 1804, 1805, and 1806 (Cambridge Library Collection - North American History) (Volume 2)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1108023797
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781108023795
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: New

A propos de ce titre

Synopsis

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

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.