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The lecture from the past week was very interesting in the fact that it shed some great details on the Great American Desert. In particular i found the discussion on the early explorers to the region very thought provoking. I guess the thing I found most interesting about this is the fact that the spanish were mainly exploring the southwest while the french were mainly exploring the northern part of the continent, and the thing is that those early explorations have an effect today in the sense of the cultures in each of the regions. In the southwest you still see a more spanish influence while up north in the area of canada you see a large french influence. Also I largely enjoyed the study of the lousiana purchase in the fact of how it came about being aquired by the US.

Matt Liese