{"product_id":"the-journals-of-lewis-and-clark-lewis-clark-expedition-0395859964","title":"The Journals Of Lewis And Clark (Lewis \u0026 Clark Expedition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0395859964\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Meriwether Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn in-depth look at Lewis and Clark's historic expedition through the explorers' journals-America's \"first report on the West\" (Bernard DeVoto, Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar-historian of the American West).In 1803, the great expanse of the Louisiana Purchase was an empty canvas. Keenly aware that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward-and that a Voyage of Discovery would be necessary to determine the nature of the frontier-President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition from the Missouri River to the northern Pacific coast and back.From 1804 to 1806, accompanied by co-captain William Clark, the Shoshone guide Sacajawea, and thirty-two men, Lewis mapped rivers, traced the principal waterways to the sea, and established the American claim to the territories of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.Together the captains kept this journal: a richly detailed record of the flora and fauna they sighted, the native tribes they encountered, and the awe-inspiring landscape they traversed, from their base camp near present-day St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River, which has become an incomparable contribution to the literature of exploration and the writing of natural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003epaperback with stunning scene of the mountains, river, and landscape. | 505 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51539268272416,"sku":"NEW0395859964","price":17.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71J7oMKB7KL.jpg?v=1777488897","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-journals-of-lewis-and-clark-lewis-clark-expedition-0395859964","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}