Grade Range: K-12Resource Type(s): Artifacts, Primary SourceDate Posted: 7/21/2008
In the spring of 1803, Meriwether Lewis began to purchase scientific and mathematical instruments for a pending expedition into the northwestern region of North America. Among the items he purchased from Philadelphia instrument maker Thomas Whitney were three pocket compasses and this silver-plated pocket compass.
The astrolabe is an astronomical calculating device used from ancient times into the eighteenth c...
19th century, exploration, 1800, Sacagawea, Corps of Discovery, Jefferson, Thomas, Lewis, Merriweather, Manifest Destiny, Corps of Discovery, 19th Century, west, Clark, William, nineteenth century, Clark, William, jefferson, thomas, Discovery, Louisiana Purchase, discovery, Westward expansion, Exploration
This novel brings to life the mysterious Shoshone girl Sacagawea, interpreter and guide for Lewis...
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