Lewis and Clark Expedition
1804–1806 · Event
The first US overland expedition to the Pacific maps the vast lands of the Louisiana Purchase.
On these timelines: Age of Exploration, USA, Master
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Around 1804
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- Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire (1806)
- Cession of Louisiana to the US (1803)