Lewis and Clark Reframed: Examining Ties to Cook, Vancouver, and Mackenzie

Spanish, British, and French explorers reached the Pacific Northwest before Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The American captains benefited from those predecessors, even carrying with them copies of their published accounts. James Cook, George Vancouver, and Alexander Mackenzie-and to a lesser extent fur traders John Meares and Robert Gray-directly and indirectly influenced the expedition. Based on new material as well as revised essays from popular history journals, Lewis and Clark Ref...