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The sale by France in 1803 to the USA of an
area covering about 2,144,000 sq km/828,000
sq mi, including the present-day states of
Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa,
Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and
Oklahoma. The purchase, which doubled the
size of the USA, marked the end of Napoleon's
plans for a colonial empire, and ensured free
navigation on the Mississippi for the USA.
The price was about $27 million.