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- Title
William Clark's Flatboat: A Reconstruction.
- Authors
Purdy, David
- Abstract
The article focuses on the flatboat designed and owned by William Clark, and its significance on his journey to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1798. Topics discussed include flatboats had been major transportation options in the Mississippi River valley from the period of the American Revolutionary War to 1850, the design sketch of a flatboat by Clark being kept at the Missouri Historical Society, and comparison of the flatboat designs of Clark to those of writers like Georges-Henri-Victor Collot.
- Subjects
NEW Orleans (La.); LOUISIANA; FLATBOATS; CLARK, William; MISSOURI Historical Society; COLLOT, Georges-Henri-Victor, 1750-1805
- Publication
Nautical Research Journal, 2016, Vol 61, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
0738-7245
- Publication type
Article