1. To seek a waterway to the Pacific. 2. To gather information upon the peoples and cultures that lived there and inform them that they had a new master. 3. To gather information about the land, farmland, forests, what plants, and animals. 4. To lay a claim upon the lands in the pacific northwest, and set a boundary with Canada. 5. To determine what presence the French, British and Spanish had in the west. 6. To return and present their findings.
they were able to find the great lake that they were searching for.
The black man on the Lewis and Clark expedition was York, who was a slave owned by William Clark. York played a significant role in the expedition and was treated as an equal by the explorers, but unfortunately did not receive the same recognition or freedom upon their return.
{previous responder said, "Yes"]} .. This replay is a very vague answer because both William Clark and Meriweather Lewis were on the Voyage of Discovery, along with 31 other people. So WHOM said this?ACTUALLY no one SAID it. William Clark wrote later in his Journal entry, "Ocian in view! O! the joy,".However, he did not actually 'see' the Pacific Ocean. The cliff-side view he looked upon was looking over an estuary some 20 miles east yet, of the Pacific Ocean.
Lewis and Clark were pioneers that found upon it and then other pioneers settled there.
From all the information they had collected, their region now knows what there is there when they start living there.
From all the information they had collected, their region now knows what there is there when they start living there.
Lewis and Clark, sadly, did not actually see the Pacific Ocean. They landed at the mouth of the Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon on November 7 1805. The day was rainy and foggy, and the Columbia River estuary was four or five miles wide and they could not see the Oregon side of the river or Point Adams at the mouth of the river in the distance. But they were close enough to have reached their goal.Clark makes a quick note the their reaction at the end of the journal entry for November 7, 1805:"Great joy in camp, we are in view of the ocean, this great Pacific Ocean which we have been so long anxious to see. The roaring or noise made by the waves breaking on the rocky shores (as I suppose) may be heard distinctly."
Apollo 11 did land in the sea, which is the Pacific Ocean.
Before Lewis met up with Clark, he began the expedition on August 30, 1803 in Pittsburgh PA. Lt. William Clark would offer to join Lewis on the expedition weeks later on October 13, 1803 at Camp Dubois (in present-day Indiana). In spring 1805, they continued to the headwaters of the Missouri River, struggled across the Continental Divide, and headed west along the Salmon, Snake, and Columbia Rivers to the Pacific. The expedition then ended on September 23, 1806 upon their return to St. Louis from Oregon. So the expedition took about 3 years.
Before Lewis met up with Clark, he began the expedition on August 30, 1803 in Pittsburgh PA. Lt. William Clark would offer to join Lewis on the expedition weeks later on October 13, 1803 at Camp Dubois (in present-day Indiana). In spring 1805, they continued to the headwaters of the Missouri River, struggled across the Continental Divide, and headed west along the Salmon, Snake, and Columbia Rivers to the Pacific. They landed at the mouth of the Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon. The expedition then ended on September 23, 1806 upon their return to St. Louis from Oregon. So the expedition took about 3 years.
Before Lewis met up with Clark, he began the expedition on August 30, 1803 in Pittsburgh PA. Lt. William Clark would offer to join Lewis on the expedition weeks later on October 13, 1803 at Camp Dubois (in present-day Indiana). From there, they sailed down the Ohio River towards St. Louis. In spring 1805, they continued to the headwaters of the Missouri River, struggled across the Continental Divide, and headed west along the Salmon, Snake, and Columbia Rivers to the Pacific. They landed at the mouth of the Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon. In total they had traveled 7,689 miles (13,532,640 yards; 40,597,920 feet). The expedition then ended on September 23, 1806 upon their return to St. Louis from Oregon.