1. Lewis and Clark
... (12,800 kilometers). They started near St. Louis at a camp and journeyed up the Missouri River, across the Rocky Mountains, and along the Columbia and other rivers to the Pacific coast. They then returned to St. Louis with information such as; maps of their route and the surrounding regions; specimens and descriptions of plant, animal, and mineral resources; and information about ... Jefferson became the President, in 1801, he started to organize an expedition to chart a route through the Louisiana Territory and Oregon Region. He had faith that a route to the Pacific Coast along the Mis...
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