Noncommissioned Officers of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
In 1803, myths of woolly mammoths; Peruvian llamas; blue-eyed, Welsh-speaking Indians defined the unexplored West. The men of the Lewis and Clark expedition dispelled such speculations, including the myth most hoped would prove to be true: the existence of a northwest passage by inland waterways (pb...
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2006
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| Online Access: | http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15040coll2/id/2422 |
| Summary: | In 1803, myths of woolly mammoths; Peruvian llamas; blue-eyed, Welsh-speaking Indians defined the unexplored West. The men of the Lewis and Clark expedition dispelled such speculations, including the myth most hoped would prove to be true: the existence of a northwest passage by inland waterways (pbs/lewisandclark). Such a passage --a river or series of connected rivers that would cross the western mountains and reach the Pacific Ocean would have allowed a more direct commerce with the Orient. President Thomas Jefferson believed the discovery of the Northwest Passage would break open the wealth of North America (pbs/lewisandclark)…. |
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