Several of Borneoâs plants challenge the senses-Rafflesia arnoldii, a parasitic species, produces the largest flower in the world, while the titan arum (Amorphophallustitanum) sporadically blooms into the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world.
Now, with territory up to the Mississippi River claimed and settled and the Louisiana Purchase explored, Americans headed west in droves. Newspaper editor John O'Sullivan coined the term manifest destiny in 1845 to describe the essence of this mindset.
United States History. Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was a phrase which invoked the idea of divine sanction for the territorial expansion of the United States. It first appeared in print in 1845, in the July-August issue of the United States Magazine and Democratic Review.