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Born August 18, 1774 • near Charlottesville • Virginia
Died October 11, 1809 (aged 35) • near Nashville • Tennessee
Title / Office governor (1808-1809), Louisiana
Role In Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Seaside
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William Clark
William Clark
American explorer
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
French explorer
Carson, Kit
Kit Carson
American frontiersman
Jim Bridger
Jim Bridger
American frontiersman
Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike
American explorer
Juan Bermúdez
Spanish navigator
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake
English admiral
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci
Italian navigator
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson
English navigator and explorer
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh
English explorer
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer
Sacagawea
Sacagawea
Native American explorer
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto
Spanish explorer
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier
French explorer
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain
French explorer

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