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The journals kept by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark during their expedition were an extremely important part of the United States of America’s history specifically in the scientific field. Lewis and Clark explored North America to discover many new things in nature, find new possible trade routes, see potential threats to westward expansion, look at the possibility to invent new natural resources, and the list goes on and on. They also worked together with people of vast races and/or backgrounds which only increased their interest with the West. They were tremendously essential to this nation’s history because they were the first white men to undertake such a journey, make such a detailed map of their travels, and detail the wildlife
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