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In describing and exploring the significance of Thomas Jefferson's European journey, the author of this text offers the reader a detailed account of what Jefferson saw and how he saw it. In the process, the text assesses the influence on Jefferson of such figures as the architect Charles Louis Clerrisseau and the artist Maria Cosway. Overall, the aim of the text is to show how Jefferson's travels in France, England, Italy, the Netherlands and the German Rhineland shaped his intellectual and aesthetic development.