First Across the Continent: Lewis & Clark - The Story of the Exploring Expedition [with] Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (MeadWestvaco American Classics Series No. 46, Christmas 2003)

Rochester, New York: MeadWestvaco / National Geographic, 2003. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 10x6x1. Limited edition. Includes publisher's slipcase. An exceptional copy. 2003 Hard Cover. 346 pp. 8vo. An augmented edition of the work originally published in 1901, including a DVD narrated by Jeff Bridges.An account of one of the most important exploring expeditions in American history, the Lewis and Clark Expedition (A.K.A. the Corps of Discovery Expedition). Brooks details the progress of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, through the Continental Divide, and terminating at the Pacific Coast. They passed through a great deal of the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase, mapping the area as they went, and established a practical route to the western half of the continent that allowed the westward expansion of the United States to outpace the ambitions of Great Britain and other imperial powers.