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Web Sites

Title

Lewis and Clark: The Ultimate Adventure

URL

http://www.time.com/time/2002/lewis_clark/

Description

Time Magazine celebrates the bicentennial (1803-2003) for the Corps of Discovery expedition which was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The Web site includes two essays on the leaders, an interactive map of the journey, pages from the original journals, a map of tribal lands then and now, a bibliography, and a guide to more resources.

Title

Exploring the West from Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark

URL

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/lewis_clark/

Description

This exhibit of history, maps, and navigational instruments “examines the planning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the cartographic tradition that made the expedition possible.” Included are maps of the emerging view of the new continent of North America, French cartographic contributions, and those “made to western exploration by the Virginia gentry.” A bibliography and related links are available. From the University of Virginia.

Title

Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

URL

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

Description

This Web site is designed to accompany the Ken Burns documentary and includes expedition maps and journals, a timeline, opinions from historians, classroom resources, and more. Information on Sacagawea can be found in the list of the corps members. Related Web sites and a bibliography of other resources are also included.

Title

Discovering Lewis and Clark

URL

http://www.lewis-clark.org/

Description

From the decade of their Expedition, tracing their manifestations during the intervening 200 years and seeking meanings and lessons for the 21st century.

Title

Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America

URL

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark/

Description

On April 7, 1805, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark left Fort Mandan for points west, beginning the process of "filling in the canvas" of America. This exhibition features the Library's rich collections of exploration material documenting the quest to connect the East and the West by means of a waterway passage.

Title

The Lewis and Clark Expedition and the USGS

URL

http://www.usgs.gov/features/lewisandclark.html

Description

The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first of many government surveys of natural resources in the American West.

Books

Title

Lewis and Clark and Me : A Dog's Tale

Author

Laurie Myers

Call Number

Juvenile Fiction

Description

Meriwether Lewis's dog Seaman serves as narrator for a fictionalized account of Lewis and William Clark's 1803-1806 journey from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean.

Title

Lewis and Clark Trail Maps: a Cartographic Reconstruction

Author

Martin Plamondon II

Call Number

r912.78; P691L, 2000

Description

This is a two volume set located in the Research Center collection, 4th floor Central Library. This set does not check out to customers.

Government Documents

Title

The U.S. Army and the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Call Number

D 114.2:L 58

URL

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/LC/index.htm

Description

Perhaps no other episode in American history better represents the courage, determination, and dedication of the American soldier than the epic journey of the Corps of Discovery, now known as the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

Periodicals

Title

The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial: Many Voices, One Journey, Join Us

Call Number

Description

This special U.S. Department of the Interior publication is located in the Research Center workroom collection. 917.8042 L583, 2003

	Title	Lewis and Clark: The Ultimate Adventure
	URL	http://www.time.com/time/2002/lewis_clark/
	Description	Time Magazine celebrates the bicentennial (1803-2003) for the Corps of Discovery expedition which was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The Web site includes two essays on the leaders, an interactive map of the journey, pages from the original journals, a map of tribal lands then and now, a bibliography, and a guide to more resources.

	Title	Exploring the West from Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark
	URL	http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/lewis_clark/
	Description	This exhibit of history, maps, and navigational instruments “examines the planning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the cartographic tradition that made the expedition possible.” Included are maps of the emerging view of the new continent of North America, French cartographic contributions, and those “made to western exploration by the Virginia gentry.” A bibliography and related links are available. From the University of Virginia.

	Title	Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
	URL	http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
	Description	This Web site is designed to accompany the Ken Burns documentary and includes expedition maps and journals, a timeline, opinions from historians, classroom resources, and more. Information on Sacagawea can be found in the list of the corps members. Related Web sites and a bibliography of other resources are also included.

	Title	Discovering Lewis and Clark
	URL	http://www.lewis-clark.org/
	Description	From the decade of their Expedition, tracing their manifestations during the intervening 200 years and seeking meanings and lessons for the 21st century.

	Title	Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America
	URL	http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark/
	Description	On April 7, 1805, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark left Fort Mandan for points west, beginning the process of "filling in the canvas" of America. This exhibition features the Library's rich collections of exploration material documenting the quest to connect the East and the West by means of a waterway passage.

	Title	The Lewis and Clark Expedition and the USGS
	URL	http://www.usgs.gov/features/lewisandclark.html
	Description	The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first of many government surveys of natural resources in the American West.

	Title	Lewis and Clark and Me : A Dog's Tale
	Author	Laurie Myers
	Call Number	Juvenile Fiction
	Description	Meriwether Lewis's dog Seaman serves as narrator for a fictionalized account of Lewis and William Clark's 1803-1806 journey from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean.

	Title	Lewis and Clark Trail Maps: a Cartographic Reconstruction
	Author	Martin Plamondon II
	Call Number	r912.78; P691L, 2000
	Description	This is a two volume set located in the Research Center collection, 4th floor Central Library. This set does not check out to customers.

	Title	The U.S. Army and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
	Call Number	D 114.2:L 58
	URL	http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/LC/index.htm
	Description	Perhaps no other episode in American history better represents the courage, determination, and dedication of the American soldier than the epic journey of the Corps of Discovery, now known as the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

	Title	The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial: Many Voices, One Journey, Join Us
	Call Number
	Description	This special U.S. Department of the Interior publication is located in the Research Center workroom collection. 917.8042 L583, 2003