<em><strong>Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto</strong></em>
<strong>European exploration of America</strong>
<p><strong>This dramatic and brilliantly colored canvas shows Spanish conqueror and explorer Hernando DeSoto, riding a white horse, the first European to view the Mississippi River, in 1541. </strong></p>
<p><strong>As De Soto and his troops approach, the Native Americans in front of their tepees watch, and a chief holds out a peace pipe. In the foreground is a jumble of weapons and soldiers, suggesting the attack they had suffered shortly before. To the right, a monk prays as a crucifix is set in the ground.</strong></p>
<strong>William Henry Powell</strong>
<p><strong>United States Capitol, Washington D.C. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Architect of the Capitol</strong></p>
<p><strong>http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/historic-rotunda-paintings/discovery-mississippi-by-de-soto</strong></p>
<strong>1853</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<p><strong>Oil painting on canvas </strong></p>
<p><strong>365.76 cm by 548.64 cm (144.00 in by 216.00 in)</strong></p>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>
<em><strong>An army train crossing the plains</strong></em>
<strong>Westward expansion, Manifest Destiny</strong>
<strong>The United States army escorting a wagon trian headed west.</strong>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<p><strong><span> <span>Library of Congress </span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span><span>Prints and Photographs Division </span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span><span>Washington, D.C. </span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>Harper's Weekly</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>volume #2, (1858 April 24)</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span> p. 264</span></strong></p>
<strong>Harper's Weekly</strong>
<strong><span><strong><span>April 24</span></strong>, 1858 </span></strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<p><strong>Wood engraving</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>
<em><strong>Mexican-American War: American troops bombarding Veracruz</strong></em>
<strong>Mexican-American War<br /></strong>
<strong>U.S. troops bombarding Veracruz during the Mexican-American War</strong>
<strong>Illustration by Carl Nebel.</strong>
<p><strong>Encyclopedia Britannica</strong></p>
<p><strong>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/379134/Mexican-American-War</strong></p>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<strong>Painting, dimensions unknown</strong>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>