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Dreams of El Dorado
By the time he became president in 1801, Thomas Jefferson had already been looking westward for decades. He saw the country's population expanding and judged that America's territory must expand too, lest America become as crowded and conflict-prone as Europe. He started modestly, by seeking to purchase New Orleans from the French. Napoleon Bonaparte answered with a breathtaking proposal: would...HardbackSold Out
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Dreams of El Dorado
By the time he became president in 1801, Thomas Jefferson had already been looking westward for decades. He saw the country's population expanding and judged that America's territory must expand too, lest America become as crowded and conflict-prone as Europe. He started modestly, by seeking to purchase New Orleans from the French. Napoleon Bonaparte answered with a breathtaking proposal: would...HardbackSold Out