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What were the American expeditions looking for when they explored in 1806 and who led them?

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Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06) was a U.S. military expedition, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark, to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest. To survey the Missouri and Columbia rivers, locating routes that would connect the continental interior to the Pacific Ocean.

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