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.
John O'Sullivan coined the phrase Manifest Destiny in 1845, and used it to capture the overall feeling of the American people at the time, which was that it was their God-given duty to expand into the West, bringing the enlightenment of the American government with them.