Lewis and Clark Expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:explorer
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Corps_of_Discovery
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Exploration_of_North_America gptkb:History_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:commissionedBy	gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:Native_American_tribe flora and fauna of the West
gptkbp:endDate	1806
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:U.S._Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Lewis and Clark Expedition
gptkbp:journalKeptBy	gptkb:Meriwether_Lewis gptkb:William_Clark
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Meriwether_Lewis gptkb:William_Clark
gptkbp:legacy	inspired westward expansion numerous places named after Lewis and Clark subject of books and films
gptkbp:meetingPlace	gptkb:Blackfeet_tribe gptkb:Chinook_tribe gptkb:Mandan_tribe gptkb:Nez_Perce_tribe gptkb:Shoshone_tribe
gptkbp:militaryBranch	gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:notableFauna	gptkb:Seaman_(Lewis's_dog)
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:York gptkb:Sacagawea gptkb:Toussaint_Charbonneau
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	about 33
gptkbp:purpose	explore the Louisiana Purchase find a water route to the Pacific Ocean
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:American_Westward_Expansion gptkb:Louisiana_Purchase gptkb:Manifest_Destiny
gptkbp:resultedIn	establishment of American presence in the West increased knowledge of geography maps of the western United States
gptkbp:route	gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:routeEnd	gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:significantEvent	reached the Pacific Ocean in November 1805 returned to St. Louis in September 1806
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:startDate	1804
gptkbp:visitedBy	gptkb:Columbia_River gptkb:Missouri_River gptkb:Rocky_Mountains
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Columbia_River gptkb:Missouri_River gptkb:Native_American_tribe gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson gptkb:Willamette_River
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4