The Lewis & Clark Expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Lewis_&_Clark_Expedition

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	historical expedition
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Corps_of_Discovery_Expedition
gptkbp:category	exploration of North America 19th-century American history
gptkbp:commissionedBy	gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:documentedIn	journals over 200 plant species over 120 animal species
gptkbp:endDate	1806-09-23
gptkbp:established	gptkb:Fort_Clatsop gptkb:Fort_Mandan
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:United_States_government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Lewis & Clark Expedition
gptkbp:ledTo	gptkb:Meriwether_Lewis gptkb:William_Clark
gptkbp:meetingPlace	gptkb:Clatsop_tribe gptkb:Blackfeet_tribe gptkb:Chinook_tribe gptkb:Mandan_tribe gptkb:Nez_Perce_tribe gptkb:Shoshone_tribe
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:York gptkb:Sacagawea gptkb:Toussaint_Charbonneau
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	about 45
gptkbp:purpose	establish an American presence before European powers tried to claim it find a practical route across the western half of the continent explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Louisiana_Purchase gptkb:Manifest_Destiny American exploration
gptkbp:resultedIn	maps of the American West scientific discoveries establishment of relations with Native American tribes
gptkbp:returnedTo	gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:route	gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:routeEnd	gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:significance	expanded knowledge of the American West increased U.S. claims to Oregon Territory paved the way for westward expansion
gptkbp:significantEvent	reached the Pacific Ocean in November 1805 first crossing of the western portion of the United States
gptkbp:startDate	1804-05-14
gptkbp:visitedBy	gptkb:Columbia_River gptkb:Missouri_River gptkb:Rocky_Mountains
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Michael_Martin_Murphey
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6