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Zebulon Pike Map of the present-day United States showing the routes taken by early European explorers, each route marked in a different color and labeled in the legend. Major expeditions include those of De Soto, Coronado, Jolliet and Marquette, La Salle, Escalante and Dominguez, Lewis and Clark, Pike, Smith, and Walker, with paths traversing regions from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts through the Midwest to California and the Pacific Northwest. Modern state and international boundaries are also shown for ref
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Zebulon Pike: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Eliott Coues (ed.), The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, 3 vol. (1895); W.E. Hollon, The Lost Pathfinder, Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1949).

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Anniversary information added. Apr 23, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 01, 2026
First paragraph modernization. Apr 02, 2024
Add new Web site: The Civil War - Expedition of Zebulon Pike. Apr 10, 2022
Add new Web site: Kansas Historical Society - Biography of Zebulon Pike. Jan 02, 2017
Add new Web site: Colorado Virtual Library - Biography of Zebulon Pike. Jan 01, 2017
Changed article title from Zebulon Montgomery Pike to Zebulon Pike. Nov 03, 2016
Add new Web site: Heritage History - Biography of Zebulon M. Pike. Feb 20, 2013
Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online - Biography of Zebulon Montgomery Pike. Feb 19, 2013
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Zebulon Pike. Nov 11, 2008
Added new Web site: The Robinson Library - Biography of Pike Zebulon Montgomery. Apr 17, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Biography of Zebulon Montgomery Pike. Apr 16, 2008
Added new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Zebulon Pike. Apr 16, 2008
Added new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online - Biography of Zebulon Montgomery Pike. Apr 16, 2008
Added new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Zebulon Montgomery Pike. Apr 16, 2008
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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