Industrial Age · North America · Exploration

1804

Lewis and Clark Set Out

May 14, 1804

From a muddy camp near St. Louis, a young army captain and his reckless partner pushed a keelboat against the Missouri current, under secret orders from Jefferson. They would walk to the Pacific and back, trailed by a Shoshone woman with a baby on her back, mapping a continent for the republic.

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Also in 1804 (7 other events on record)

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Hamilton-Burr Duel · North America · Politics

Before and after in North America

Before: 1803: Haitian Yellow Fever Kills Leclerc
After: February 3, 1805: Dessalines Crowned Emperor

Before and after in Exploration

Before: May 12, 1803: Lewis Picks Clark
After: 1820: Antarctica Sighted

Era

Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Lewis and Clark Expedition