Lewis and Clark

After the Louisiana Purchase was made, Thomas Jefferson appointed two explorers to explore the wilderness of the Louisiana Territory in 1804. He appointed Meriweather Lewis and William Clark as the leaders of the expedition. A Shoshone woman named Sacagawea accompanied them on the expedition and worked as a translator for the group. Lewis and Clark were able to document many findings of plants and discovered new animals never seen before. Although their main goal originally was to find a waterway in the territory for commerce, but they discovered much more than that and made scientific achievements. Due to their efforts navigating through the rough wilderness, a geographic map and documentations of new plants and animals of the territory was produced.