Live in exile in the United states

Napoleon seriously considered trying to escape to the United States after the Battle of Waterloo. While he ultimately surrendered to a British warship at Rochefort, he also had a vessel waiting for him at the port laden with furniture, books and maps of the US so that he could start a new life in the New World. When he was on Saint Helena, Napoleon often speculated about what might have been, from living in New Jersey with his brother Joseph, to retiring on the banks of the Mississippi or even venturing west to “found a new homeland.” He said, “I would have loved to realise this dream, it would have brought me new glory.”