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Manifest Destiny

manifest: clear or obvious

destiny: future or fate

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Contemporary Map of the 1816
United States

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John Melish, Map of the U.S. with the contiguous British and Spanish Possessions,1816

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John Gast, American Progress, 1872

Question to students: What do you see in this painting?

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Map of the United States, 1872

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Melish’s comments on his 1816 map of the United States

To present the country this way was desirable . . .

The map shows at a glance the whole extent of the United States territory from sea to sea.

In tracing the probable expansion of the human race from east to west, the mind finds an agreeable resting place on its western limits. The view is complete and leaves nothing to be wished for. It also adds to the beauty and symmetry of the map.

Source: John Melish. Map of the United States with the contiguous British and Spanish Possessions. Philadelphia, 1816.

Question for class: How does John Melish justify drawing the map as if the country stretches from sea to sea?

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