Statistics for occurrence #1 of “France” in alphabetic letter pos=22, entry group 2, entry verrazzano-giovanni-da of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...sio. Verrazzano's voyage and letter have been the occasion of much controversy. There are those who believe that he never came to America at all, but that the letter was ingeniously prepared in France , with the connivance of the King, as the basis of a claim to American territory. Mr. Henry C. Murphy has been the ablest objector to the genuineness of Verrazzano's letter and voyage. See his bo...
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France (France) 17,744 2,462 0 0 0 user votes
France (Idaho, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes

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