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Southern Counterpart to Lewis and Clark: The Freeman and Custis Expedition of 1806

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Southern Counterpart to Lewis and Clark: The Freeman and Custis Expedition of 1806 - Freeman, Thomas, and Custis, Peter, and Flores, Dan (Editor)
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In 1806 President Thomas Jefferson sent cartographer Thomas Freeman and botanist Peter Custis to explore the southen Louisiana Purchase westward to the Rocky Moutnains. Stopped by a Spanish army in what is today extreme southern Oklahoma, they did not complete their mission. President Jefferson minimized their failure by focusing instead on the success of their northern counterparts Lewis and Clark. Hence the fame of Lewis and Clark and the virtual anonymity of Freeman and Custis-until now, thanks to editor Dan L. Flores ...

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Southern Counterpart to Lewis and Clark: The Freeman and Custis Expedition of 1806 1986, University of Oklahoma Press, Oklahoma

ISBN-13: 9780806119410

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