Lewis and Clark
Corps of Discovery
Lewis and Clark refers to Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, American explorers who led the first U.S. overland expedition to the Pacific Coast (1804–1806).
The phrase functions as a unit: the Lewis and Clark expedition, the Lewis and Clark Trail.
Their names rarely appear separately in historical reference.
- Columbia RiverMajor Pacific Northwest river
- journalsPeriodicals or personal logs
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- Missouri RiverMajor central waterway
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
bear · winter quarters · portage · discovery · ethnography · keelboat · zoology · westward expansion · botany · Great Plains · trail blazing · Oregon Trail · Pacific Ocean · York · Rocky Mountains · Continental Divide · expedition · westward
- ExplorersColumbus, Christopher Columbus, Magellan, Cortez, Marco Polo
- 19th century mapscolonial territories, railway maps, westward expansion, nautical charts, city plans
- exploration storiestravel memoir, expedition log, expedition journals, sea adventures, sea voyage
- frontier historypioneers, settlers, homesteaders, frontier tales, westward expansion
- JeffersonDeclaration of Independence, Monticello, University of Virginia, autobiography, inaugural address
- Jefferson EraThomas Jefferson, Democratic-Republicans, Louisiana Purchase, Monticello, limited government
Lewis and Clarkhomebodies
People preferring domestic life
Chief Joseph · original inhabitants · tribal sovereignty · Sitting Bull · native guides
Lewis and ClarkSacagawea
Shoshone interpreter for westward expedition
Chief Joseph · Tecumseh · Crazy Horse · original inhabitants