Acts of Discovery
Subtitle: Visions of America in the Lewis and Clark Journals
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: March 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780252063060
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Biography: general; Geographical discovery & exploration; Local history; U.S. - Discovery And Exploration; U.S. Local History - Western United States; History; History - General History; History: American; USA; Expeditions & Discoveries; United States - West - General; History / United States / 19th Century; United States - General; United States - State & Local - General; (1804-1806); 1770-1838; 1774-1809; Clark, William,; Diaries; Lewis and Clark Expedition; Lewis, Meriwether,
First sentence: "CORPS OF DISCOVERY" is the name given to themselves by an extraordinary band of soldier-explorers, the party of early Americans who first crossed the continent from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific.