Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Corps of Discovery, commanded by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the orders of President Jefferson, traveled up the Missouri, crossed the Rocky Mountains, followed the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean and returned to St. Louis.
- Date
- 14 May 1804 – 23 September 1806exact date · duration: ≈ 2 years
- Place
- Camp Dubois (Camp Wood)today: near Hartford, Illinois, USA · North America
- Route
- Camp Dubois (Camp Wood) → Fort Mandan → Great Falls of the Missouri → Lemhi Pass → Lolo Pass → Fort Clatsop → Lolo Pass → Great Falls of the Missouri → Fort Mandan → St. Louis
- Participants
- United States of America, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea
- Threads
- The world in the Age of Revolution
The expedition set out from Camp Dubois near St. Louis on 14 May 1804 and wintered among the Mandan, where it was joined by Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman. Crossing the Continental Divide at Lemhi Pass and the Bitterroot Range at Lolo Pass, the party descended the Clearwater, Snake and Columbia rivers and in November 1805 sighted the Pacific.
After wintering at Fort Clatsop, the expedition started back on 23 March 1806 and returned to St. Louis on 23 September. It produced about 140 maps and strengthened the United States’ claim to the Pacific Northwest.
Connections
Causes and preconditions
- Louisiana Purchase30 April – 20 December 1803 · North America
Same participants
- War of 181218 June 1812 – 17 February 1815 · North Americavia United States of America
Adjacent events in the thread
- Muhammad Ali becomes ruler of EgyptMay 1805 · Middle East and Egypt
- Battle of Blaauwberg and the capture of the Cape Colony8–18 January 1806 · Africa
Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within a year of this event
Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Trafalgar21 October 1805
- Premiere of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony7 April 1805
- Battle of Austerlitz20 November (2 December) 1805
- Coronation of Napoleon2 December 1804
- Battle of Jena–Auerstedt14 October 1806
+ 4 events
Eastern Europe
- First Russian circumnavigation26 July (7 August) 1803 – 7 (19) August 1806
Balkans and Anatolia
- First Serbian Uprising14 February 1804 – 7 October 1813
Middle East and Egypt
Africa
- Battle of Blaauwberg and the capture of the Cape Colony8–18 January 1806
- Jihad of Usman dan Fodio21 February 1804 – 1808
South Asia
- Battle of Assaye23 September 1803
East Asia
- Rezanov’s embassy to Japan26 September (8 October) 1804 – April 1805
- White Lotus Rebellionbetween 1794 and 1796 – 1804
Latin America
- Balmis Expedition30 November 1803 – 14 August 1806
- Haitian Declaration of Independence1 January 1804
- Haitian Revolutionbetween 21 August and 22 August 1791 – 1 January 1804
The same period
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Wikipedia (Russian): Экспедиция Льюиса и Кларка
- Ambrose S. E. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. — New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.
- Wikidata: Q505802