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Louisiana

A huge French territory in North America that the US bought in 1803. Today's state of Louisiana covers only a small part of it.

Prisoners of Geography, Tim Marshall

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• Prisoners of Geography, Tim Marshall
• Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles Mackay

  A French colony in the Mississippi River valley in North America.

• Stumbling on Happiness, Daniel Gilbert

  A state in the south of the United States.

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