Anthony was recognized as an authority on the American land and freshwater mollusca.
Through this act he was able to vastly expand American land.
There was a long history of Native American land being purchased, usually by treaty and sometimes under coercion.
"How many Chinese people can say that they own American land?"
This is good news indeed, for the American consumer and the American land.
Florida seemed like a natural extension of American land.
One struggle was over the long-term leasing of American Indian land.
"And no one talked about sacred ground when they opened casinos on Native American land, either."
Eniwetok soon fell to the mailed fist of American land and sea power.
A primary responsibility was to obtain title to Native American lands.