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Why was cartography undertaken by the Corps of Discovery?

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The explorations of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, which was referred to as the Corps of Discovery, provided a vital piece to the puzzle of westward discovery and expansion in North America. Textbooks present the basic facts about this journey, but they fail to include

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Because America had acquired land about which little was known.
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