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The Louisiana Purchase
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Artist
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Studio
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The History Channel
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Format
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DVD
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DVD Encoding
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MPAA Rating
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Not Rated
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UPC
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733961747447
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Runtime/Release Date
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50 mins/2006
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Daedalus Item Code
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16014
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This item is not available.
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Description
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On April 30, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson completed one of the greatest real estate deals in history when he signed the Louisiana Purchase, buying more than 900,000 square miles west of the Mississippi from France for $15 million. This DVD explains how this event—the product of an unlikely chain of events born of mishap, backroom bargaining, and the whims of a few colorful personalities—came to be. The Louisiana Purchase also explains how this monumental deal heralded Napoleon's downfall and the twilight of European dominance in North America, and the U.S.'s rise in power.
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