Why Lancaster pops up on maps of the Lewis and Clark expeditionJack Brubaker
Important early map of the United States, being one of the earliest large format separately issued maps to include details of the Lewis & Clark Expedition up the Mis- souri River. This is an exceptional example of an elegantly engraved and attractively colored work. The map has a number of...
In 1803, Thomas Jefferson sent an exploratory party, the Corps of Discovery, led by captains, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the west, establish a direct water route to the Pacific, make scientific and geographic observations and learn about the native peoples along the way. To ...
Long before the arrival of Lewis and Clark, the Oregon Territory was home to many groups of Native Americans. These included the Nez Perce, Klamath, Tillamook and Northern Paiute. It became disputed land -- at times claimed by Russia, Spain, France, Great Britain and the United States. Eve...
For many years, it was usually the role of surveyors, cartographers, and geographers to map the world and transcribe it on paper or, since the 1960s, into the computer. Lewis and Clark’s expedition to map North America’s West, and Lambton and Everest’s Great Arc expedition to measure...
Maps and Myths. The article explores the ways in which early-19th-century Americans understood the expedition of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark through an ex... SNOW,SPENCER - 《Early American Literature》 被引量: 1发表: 2013年 Maps, Myths, and Men: The Story of the Vinland ...
course of the Missouri River and all its principal tributaries. The purpose was to ascertain the most practical and direct water route from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. The Lewis and Clark Expedition left St. Charles, Missouri in May 1804 and arrived at the Pacific Ocean in November 1805...
and the 1802 edition shows the borders of the U.S. just before President Thomas Jefferson completed the Louisiana Purchase. Thus, the map was the one that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark used to plot their famous expedition across the continent, choosing the Missouri River for their route si...
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark through an examination of the consumption of early publications of the explorers' journals. It is argued that such a study provides more accurate information on the expedition's meaning to Americans than modern-day publications, particularly maps that outline the ...
Benton County is characterized predominately by former prairie and wetlands (Petty and Jackson 1966); however, there is much variability. This ecology presents a special setting for Indigenous land use. While many areas of the Till Plains have precontact site densities near one site every 2 to ...