Lewis & Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent on an expedition by President Thomas Jefferson soon after the Louisiana Purchase which was the first expedition of the westward Untied States. This was known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition‚ the main objective of this mission was to map the new territory‚ find a route across the western part of the continent‚ and establish American existence in the new territory. Jefferson wanted the interactions with the Indians to be civilized and no
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when President Thomas Jefferson gained approval for his visionary project. This project was to explore the unknown West with a small expeditionary group. President Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to head this expedition. Both Lewis and Clark had close ties to Jefferson. Meriwether Lewis was one of Jefferson’s secretaries and William Clark was a close friend. The initial idea of the expedition was to include scientific inquiry‚ geographic mapping‚ and clearing the way for commerce
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On the incredible journey of Lewis and Clark many new animals were discovered. Maryweather Lewis was naturalist and explorer. He documented 11 birds‚ 11 mammals and 2 fish that were unknown to naturalists. He actually brought his trusty dog‚ Seaman along for the journey. Seaman was a 150 pound‚ big‚ black Newfoundland dog. He was very intelligent and was bought in Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania for $20. What cost $20.00 in 1800 would cost $260.40 now; today $260 is the average you would pay for a Newfoundland
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John Lewis Partnership Strategic Analysis APPENDIX (A) | Vision-Employee co—ownership with the happiness of partners as the ultimate purpose. (1) | Mission-Satisfying employment in a successful business. (1) | Value-Best possible choice‚ quality‚ trust‚ value and customers services. (1) | Corporate objectives-achieve success for John Lewis for building sustainable business for the long term‚ generating partnership value through consistent profitable growth‚ whilst marketing sure that
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title of the book is The Journals of Lewis and Clark. 2.A. The authors are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark‚ edited by Bernard DeVoto 3.A. The publisher is Houghton Mifflin Company in 1953 4.A. The book is about Lewis and Clark’s personal journals kept over the duration of their exploration of previously unexplored territory. 2. Content Analysis 2.A. In the preface‚ the editor explains the differences between his and an editor named Thwaites edits of Lewis and Clark’s original journals. He
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William Clark was born on August 1‚ 1770 & Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18‚ 177 in Albemarle County in Virginia. During this time Thomas Jefferson was the president of the United States. Lewis and Thomas Jefferson grew up as boyhood neighbors as kids.1 Lewis joined the militia in 1794 which was commanded by Lieutenant Clark‚ where they later grew a strong bond.1 Several years later Lewis received a letter asking to become the president’s secretary-aide. A secretary- aide is a person who
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Clive Staples Lewis is a writer who has been psychoanalyzed to death. More specifically‚ his works have been drained of all their literary lifeblood by critical vampires – modern and classical alike – down to epithelial husk and osseous substructure‚ where rigid philosophy replaces‚ or has not suffered the same fate as‚ style. There is one work‚ though‚ which seems to have escaped the scourge of Christian love-smothering or non-Christian indictment of Lewis as a theological anachronism: The Pilgrim’s
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Lewis and Clark Expedition Thomas Jefferson had many goals for the Lewis and Clark Expedition‚ but the main goal was to find an all water route to the Pacific Ocean. Although they did not accomplish this goal‚ they did accomplish many more of their goals. One of the goals they fulfilled included taking notes of the lands economic potential during their expedition. Also‚ Lewis and Clark‚ both wrote diaries that reported wildlife‚ abundant resources‚ opportunities for trade‚ and other information
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Symbols and Themes in C.S. Lewis ’s "Perelandra" British author C.S. Lewis ’s "Perelandra" is one of the most religiously relevant fantasy novels ever written. Set on the exotic planet of Perelandra (Venus)‚ it contains within its pages the Creation legend of Adam and Eve‚ set in our time but in a different world. "Perelandra" is a story of an unspoiled world‚ the Garden of Eden denied to the residents of earth but still open to the two inhabitants of Perelandra. C.S. Lewis uses this unspoiled planet
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The Expedition of Lewis and Clark Anthony Price 1/13/14 NIC History 111 Long before Thomas Jefferson was the President of the United States he had aspirations to know what was beyond the Mississippi River. The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from the French in 1803 opened the door to President Jefferson’s opportunity to send explorers across the continent. At that time‚ nearly the whole population of the United States lived within 50 miles of the Atlantic Ocean. Because
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