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Several years before Lewis and Clark's journey new timekeeping machine was invented called the chronometer. This new invention made it easy for them to map the land as they traveled.

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How can the map help understand journey Lewis and Clark?

It can show you the way they traveled .


What was Clark's role in the journey?

His role was chosen by Lewis to co-lead exploration "map guy"


What did Lewis and Clark want to accomplish?

what Lewis and clark wanted to accomplish was to map the entire Louisiana purchase


Who created the map for the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

cartographer was the person who makes map


Was Lewis a map maker?

On the Lewis and Clark Expedition, it was William Clark who concentrated chiefly on the drawing of maps but both Lewis and Clark are credited for drawing about 140 maps during the journey. Inititially it was Lewis who spent time consulting maps and books and conferring with Thomas Jefferson at his library in Monticello before the expedition.


What Lewis and clark learned?

Lewis and Clark learned about doing maps and make detail on the map


Why did president Jefferson need Lewis and clark on the expedition where?

President Jefferson needed Lewis and Clark to map the Louisiana Territory and to explore it.


How do you think the Lewis and Clark expedition helped to prepare people who wanted to move west?

This expedition was able to show them the route and the map of the territory, where and what everything is.


How do you think Lewis and clark expedition helped to prepare people who wanted to move west?

This expedition was able to show them the route and the map of the territory, where and what everything is.


What was Lewis and Clark journey using blue for the trip to the Pacific and red for the return trip?

They didn't. Historians and map makers do this so you will be able to tell the routes apart.


What was meriwether Lewis contribution?

I assume you're referring to the Lewis & Clark duo? Lewis owned the map and (at that time) the only compass in the United States. Clark, the smarter of the two, could read the map. (The map was in Mayan, hard to decipher.)


How did Lewis and Clark use a sextant?

Lewis and Clark used a sextant to determine their latitude by measuring the angle between the horizon and the sun or a star. This helped them navigate and map their route across uncharted territory during their expedition to the western United States.