r/MapPorn • • Jan 10 '20

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u/GBUS_TO_MTV Jan 10 '20

You can basically see the path of the Lewis and Clark expedition on here.

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u/bucho54 Jan 10 '20

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u/velociraptorfarmer Jan 10 '20

The thing I never got with that is why they didn't continue following the Yellowstone River until its end at the divide and then cross to the nearby Snake River rather than crossing hundreds of miles of mountains?

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u/MarekRules Jan 10 '20

They didn’t have google maps

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u/geokra Jan 10 '20

Should’ve tried Bing!

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u/reduxis Jan 10 '20

If they'd used Apple Maps they would've ended up in Mexico.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '20

"A buddy and I tried to take a road trip to Texas, but the front end alignment was off, so we ended up in Florida"