| LC control no. | n 84018492 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Meeting name heading | Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) |
| Variant(s) | Corps of Discovery (1804-1806) Corps of Discovery Expedition (1804-1806) Ėkspedit︠s︡ii︠a︡ Lʹi︠u︡isa i Klarka (1804-1806) Lewis & Clark Expedition (1804-1806) Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery Expedition (1804-1806) Lewis and Clarke Expedition (1804-1806) Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Expedition (1804-1806) |
| See also | Member: Clark, William, 1770-1838 Member: Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 |
| Biography/History note | The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) was a U.S. military expedition led by Captain Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and Lieutenant William Clark (1770-1838) to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest. Over the duration of the trip, from May 14, 1804, to September 23, 1806, from St. Louis, Missouri, to the Pacific Ocean and back, the Corps of Discovery, as the expedition company was called, traveled nearly 8,000 miles (13,000 km). The expedition contributed significant geographic and scientific knowledge of the West, aided the expansion of the fur trade, and strengthened U.S. claims to the Pacific. Clark's maps portraying the geography of the West, printed in 1810 and 1814, were the best available until the 1840s. More detailed histories of the expedition may be found at and at <http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048028/Lewis-and-Clark-Expedition> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition> |
| Beginning date | 1804 |
| Ending date | 1806 |
| Found in | LC data base, 4-10-84 (hdg.: Lewis and Clark Expedition; usage: Lewis and Clark Expedition, Lewis & Clark Expedition) A journal of the voyages and travels of a Corps of Discovery, under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States, from the mouth of the river Missouri through the interior parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean, during the years 1804, 1805, and 1806, 1807. History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, 1817. Encycl. Brit. (Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)) Jennie Michel, c2003: p. 35 (Lewis and Clark Expedition or the Corps of Discovery Expedition) theusa.narod.ru/discover/indexdisc01 (Ėkspedit︠s︡ii︠a︡ Lʹi︠u︡isa i Klarka; from 1804 to 1806) This stretch of the river, c2006: p. ix (Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery Expedition) The Washington experience of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, 2005. Wikipedia, June 9, 2008 (Lewis and Clark Expedition; Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Expedition (1804-1806), headed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; first American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark> Encyc. Britannica online, June 9, 2008 (Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-06), U.S. military expedition, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark, to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest) |
| National bib agency no. | 1013G4313E |
| Quality code | nlc |
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