# The Journals of Lewis and Clark

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- Book: [The Journals of Lewis and Clark](https://www.bookquiver.com/meriwether-lewis/the-journals-of-lewis-and-clark) ([The Journals of Lewis and Clark.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/meriwether-lewis/the-journals-of-lewis-and-clark.md))
- Authors: [Meriwether Lewis](https://www.bookquiver.com/meriwether-lewis), [William Clark](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-clark), [Frank Bergon](https://www.bookquiver.com/frank-bergon)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4243-736-0
- Pages: 560
- Published: 2002-12-31
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In 1803, when the United States purchased Louisiana from France, the great expanse of this new American territory was a blank—not only on the map but in our knowledge. President Thomas Jefferson...