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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Meriwether Lewis {1774~1809}
William Clark {1770~1838}
They explored the American area from the north-west of the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Journey called the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
President Thomas Jefferson wanted to know more 
about the Louisiana area,
purchased from France in 1803.
He pointed to his secretary, Meriwether Lewis and his friend William Clark,
to explore the area.
Jefferson hoped that they will find the path of the river to the Pacific.
Lewis and Clark as well as more than 30 other people departing from the St. Louis on May 14, 1804.
They sailed down the Missouri River to North Dakota.
A French national hunter and his wife Sacagawea, 
the Shoshone Indian, help as a guide.
After crossing the Bitterroot Mountains and Rocky 
they see the Pacific Ocean on 7 November 1805.
During the expedition, Lewis and Clark got a lot of valuable information 
to create the first map of the area with vast.
*During their expedition of Lewis and Clark a distance of 12.872 km in 28 months.
