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Lewis & Clark commemorative coin
Ocian [sic] in view! O! the joy.
— William Clark, journal entry upon sighting the Pacific Ocean at the Oregon Coast

[edit] Source

  • Ambrose, Stephen (15 February 1996). Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West.. Simon & Schuster, 305. ISBN 0-684-81107-3.