{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Zebulon Pike Expedition","description":"The wheels sighed, the oxen tugged, and the column drew away from the last houses of St. Louis. What awaited on the plains would demand immediate adaptation and reveal how small a band could be when the continent itself pressed upon them.\r\n\r\nThe year was eighteen oh six, and the young United States was still feeling the echoes of its revolutionary past. The acquisition of the Louisiana Territory had reshaped the continent. Now, in the cramped offices of Washington, maps were unfolded, and visions of the unexplored interior buzzed with possibility. For one lieutenant, Zebulon Pike, those possibilities became a personal mission.\r\n\r\nAurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 34 minutes, one complete story.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://theexplorationarchive.com/exploration/zebulon-pike-expedition","author_name":"The Archive Network"}