1.01 Izvirni znanstveni članek
UDK 910.4(73-15)"1804/1806"

Irena Marković: Odkrivanje zahodnega dela Severne Amerike v začetku 19. stoletja. Ekspedicija Lewisa in Clarka (1804–1806). III. del: Pot ekspedicijskega potovanja. Časopis za zgodovino in narodopisje, Maribor 82=47(2011), 1, str. 61–85

Ekspedicijsko raziskovanje zahodnega dela Severne Amerike pod vodstvom kapetanov Meriwetherja Lewisa in Williama Clarka je potekalo v letih 1804–1806. Raziskovalni korpus se je 14. maja 1804 odpravil iz okolice St. Louisa in odplul navzgor po reki Misuri, preplezal Skalno gorovje na severozahodu in prispel do obale Tihega oceana. Uradna odprava, znana kot Corps of Discovery – Raziskovalni korpus, pomeni začetek novega obdobja odkrivanja Združenih držav Amerike, obdobja, za katerega je bilo značilno, da so veliko pozornosti posvečali natančnim topografskim meritvam, geografiji in naravoslovnemu opazovanju. Ob tem sta kapetana Lewis in Clark s skromno mersko opremo izmerila ozemlje ob trasi raziskovalne poti in izdelala karto, ki je kmalu zatem na široko odprla pot velikim spremembam v zgodovini severnoameriške celine. To obdobje novega ekspanzionizma je omogočilo odkrivanja zahodnih območij Združenih držav Amerike. Ekipa raziskovalne odprave, ki je štela okrog dvainštirideset mož, se je zmagoslavno vrnila 23. septembra 1806 v St. Louis ter s tem zaključila svojo dolgo raziskovalno pot do Tihega oceana in nazaj.

1.01 Original Scientific Article
UDC 910.4(73-15)"1804/1806"

Irena Marković: Discovering the West Part of the North America in the Beginning of the 19th Century. The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806). Part III.: The Expedition Route. Review for History and Ethnography, Maribor 82=47(2011), 1, pp. 61–85

The expedition discovery of the West Part of North America under the lead of captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark proceeded between 1804 and 1806. The discovery corps set off near St. Louis on May 14th 1804 and sailed away upwards the Missouri river, climbed the Rocky Mountains in the Northwest and reached the shores of the Pacific Ocean. The official expedition, known as “Corps of Discovery”, represents the beginning of a new era in discovering the United States of America, an era in which a great attention was paid to exact topographic measurements, geography and scientific observations. The captains Lewis and Clark managed to measure the territory of the expedition route with very moderate measuring equipment. They also made a map that shortly afterwards widely opened the path of great changes in the history of the North American continent. This era of new expansionism enabled the discoveries of the West parts of the United States of America. The expedition team with around forty-two men returned victoriously in St. Louis on September 23rd 1806 and herewith finished its long discovery expedition to the Pacific Ocean and back.