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Did Lewis and Clark intend to discover the Pacific Ocean?

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Did Lewis and Clark intend to discover the Pacific Ocean?

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No, the Pacific Ocean was well known to Europeans who had long traded and lived there: Spaniards, Russians, Britons, and others. In 1792, Capt. Robert Gray had sailed into the Columbia River estuary from the Pacific, and the captains had his map.