PURCHASE OF LOUISIANA
Purchase of Louisiana took place in 1803 — at the height of the Napoleonic wars, it gives an idea to assume that the reason of Louisiana transfer was someone’s sovereign defaults and satisfaction of some creditors claims. For example, as the friend rodom_iz_tiflis has noticed, France officially received Louisiana «back» from Spain and sold within three weeks. It is very similar to some kind of arrest and sale of property of Spain for debts that is quite typical for «collector» character of Napoleon’s wars.

Let’s have a look the pace of developments.

The basic problem of history of the 19 century is the Napoleonic wars, impossible, in particular, for economic and organizational reasons. Revolution had left France in complete ruin:
— The scientists knowing secrets of weapon saltpeter, were sent to a guillotine;
— The officers (and all of them were 100 % noblemen) mostly escaped abroad;
— The colonies delivering the currency colonial goods, were lost;
— Doctors and hospitals disappeared together with the destroyed monasteries;
— In 1791-1793 (the period of «Great Horror”) everything was on fire in France;
— In 1799 France lost its Mediterranean fleet — entirely.

Some wars of the past cause numerous doubts in circles of historical revisionists. Alexander the Great’s campaign to India through mountain ridges with average speed of 100 km a day, the two-million army of the Mongols which left no genetic traces on all sites of their way, and even the war of 1812 is impossible from the positions of military logistics. Let’s start with logistics.

DURATION OF THE HORSE CAMPAIGN
The maximum duration of an autonomous horse campaign — 14 days one way. Here is a calculation.