212 Lewis and Clark Expedition Map 1804-1806 norway poster then the Missouri General Assembly

then the Missouri General Assembly officially named it Lake Benton for Senator Thomas Hart Benton

where he and some of his men were arrested by Spanish authorities

rolling hills and wooded ridges

the Dutch appropriately named it “Conyne Eylant

212 Lewis and Clark Expedition Map 1804-1806 norway poster then the Missouri General AssemblyMarking the culmination of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, from 1804 1806, which explored western North America is the map titled A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track Across the Western Portion of North America from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. It was characterized as the most important printed map of the West, which paved the way for Thomas Jefferson's vision of Manifest Destiny. This is the first published map to illustrate the geographical