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Born August 18, 1774 • near Charlottesville • Virginia
Died October 11, 1809 (aged 35) • near Nashville • Tennessee
Title / Office governor (1808-1809), Louisiana
Role In Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Map tracing the Lewis and Clark Expedition routes from St. Louis, Missouri, up the Missouri River, across the Rocky Mountains, and to the mouth of the Columbia River on the Pacific coast. The map uses red and purple lines to show the outbound journey (1804-05) and the separate return and exploratory routes (1805-06), with key locations such as Fort Mandan and Fort Clatsop marked, and territorial boundaries of the period labeled, including the Louisiana Purchase.
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