title: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River: And Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean 1804, 1805, and 1806 (Cambridge Library Collection - North American History) (Volume 1)
author: Meriwether Lewis
description: The Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806 to the west coast of America was commissioned by President Jefferson to survey the newly acquired territory of Louisiana. Their mapping of the Missouri river and establishment of relations with native tribes were of vital importance to the westward settlement of America.
zlib_text: * * *
  
  Route Legend (for reference purposes, if needed)
  
  [Illustration: A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, Across the Western Portion of
  North America, From the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; by Order of the
  Executive of the United States, in 1804. 5&6\. Copied by Samuel Lewis from the
  Original Drawing by Wm. Clark.]
  
  # HISTORY  
  
  ## OF  
  
  # THE EXPEDITION  
  
  UNDER THE COMMAND OF  
  
  ##  _CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK,_  
  
  TO  
  
  ## THE SOURCES OF THE MISSOURI,  
  
  THENCE  
  
  ## ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS  
  
  AND DOWN THE  
  
  ## RIVER COLUMBIA TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.  
  
  ### PERFORMED DURING THE YEARS 1804-5-6.  
    
  
  By order of the  
  
  ### GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.  
    
  
  PREPARED FOR THE PRESS
  
  ### BY PAUL ALLEN, ESQUIRE.  
  
  IN TWO VOLUMES.  
    
  VOL. I.  
    
  _PHILADELPHIA_  
    
  PUBLISHED BY BRADFORD AND INSKEEP; AND  
  ABM. H. INSKEEP, NEW YORK.  
  J. Maxwell, Printer  
  1814.  
  
  * * *
  
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