The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Volume 1 - 9780803228610

The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Volume 1Atlas of the Lewis and Clark Expedition\nAuthor(s): Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Gary E. Moulton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9780803228610, 978-0803228610\nSynopsis\nWhen the Corps of Discovery left the vicinity of St. Louis in 1804 to explore the American West, they had only sketchy knowledge of the terrain that they were to crossexisting maps often contained large blank spaces and wild inaccuracies. William Clark painstakingly mapped every mile of the journey, drawing from bothdirect observation and from the reports of Indians and a few fur traders. On their return Lewis and Clark directed the execution of new maps detailing with remarkable accuracy the features of the country that they had traversed.