In many neo-pagan/wiccan traditions, Mother Earth is seen as the Goddess, with the Horned God as her consort (and sometimes son). The idea of the Earth as a deity was and is also prominent in many classical paganreligions.
... de Champlain, (c. 1567-1635), established the French colony in Canada; discovered the Great Lakes
William Clark, (1770-1838), with Meriwether Lewis led the first American ...