Books by Meriwether Lewis

When the Corps of Discovery left the vicinity of St Louis in 1804 to explore the American West, they had only sketchy knowledge of the terrain. William Clark mapped every mile of the journey. On their return Lewis and Clark directed the execution of new maps detailing with accuracy the features of the country that they had traversed.

Following orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from their wintering camp in Illinois in 1804 to search for a river passage to the Pacific Ocean. This title combines the narrative highlights of the Lewis and Clark journals. It explains their triumphs and terrors.

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.

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark filled hundreds of notebook pages with observations of the geography, Indian tribes, and natural history of the trans-Mississippi West. This set of the celebrated Nebraska edition features the seven core volumes - those written by Lewis and Clark - and incorporates a wide range of new scholarship dealing with all aspects of their 1804-1806 expedition.

Presents the edited journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-6 with a plethora of maps and words with which Meriwether Lewis and William Clark documented on the ventures of discovery in American history. This book offers a detailed means of locating specific passages, references, and particular people or places within the larger work.

Contains the listing and presentation of the plant specimens collected by the Lewis and Clark expedition. This volume presents 239 items and is aimed to assist researchers and enthusiasts hoping to identify each plant's date and place of collection and other information such as plant habitat and ethnobotanical use.

Private Joseph Whitehouse produced an account that stands as the only surviving record by any army private in the Corps of Discovery expedition. This is Whitehouse's journal including entries from a second copy of his journal which extends the narrative for five months beyond previous editions.

A journal that presents an account of the Lewis and Clark expedition, this title features a range of scholarship dealing with the aspects of the expedition from geography to Indian cultures and languages to plants and animals.

John Ordway was one of the mainstays of the Corps of Discovery. Fascinated by the peoples and places he encountered, Ordway became the most faithful journalist on the expedition - recording information not found elsewhere and making an entry for every day during the expedition. This book offers a glimpse of his experiences and observations.

Recounts the expedition's experiences as they continued their journey homeward from present-day Idaho and the party divided for separate exploration.

Details how the Corps of Discovery turned homeward in March 1806 from Fort Clatsop on the mouth of the Columbia River.

Covers the last leg of the party's route from the Cascades of the Columbia River to the Pacific Coast and their stay at Fort Clatsop.

Documents their travels from the Three Forks of the Missouri River in present-day Montana and their progress over the rugged Bitterroot Mountains, along the nearly impenetrable Lolo Trail, and to the Cascades of the Columbia River on today's Washington-Oregon border.

Recounts their travels through country never before explored by white people. With new personnel including the Shoshone Indian woman Sacagawea, her husband Toussaint Charbonneau, and their baby, nicknamed Pomp, the party spent the rest of the spring and early summer toiling up the Missouri.

Consists of journals, primarily by Clark, which cover the expedition's route up the Missouri River to Fort Mandan in present-day North Dakota and its frigid winter encampment there.

Details how the two men and several recruits camped near the mouth of the Missouri River for five months of training, acquiring supplies and equipment, and gaining information from travellers about the trip upriver.