Double-Dealing: A Louisiana Purchase Map

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Image courtesy David Rumsey Map Collection In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte had grand ambitions to conquer Europe. But to do so, he needed cash. To help fund his war effort, Napoleon decided to sell France’s North American territories. France colonized the area west of the Mississippi in the mid-1600s, but lost the land (called the Louisiana View Website VIP Subscription

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