Statistics for occurrence #1 of “America” in entry state-of-rhode-island of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

... thirteen States of the Union, and is supposed to have been the theatre of the attempt to plant a settlement in America by the Northmen at the beginning of the eleventh century (see Northmen in America ). It is believed to be the Vinland mentioned by them. Verazzani is supposed to have entered Narraganset Bay, and had an interview with the natives there in 1524. Block, the Dutch navigator, ...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
America (Netherlands) 1,850 896 0 0 0 user votes
America (Illinois, United States) 600 180 0 0 0 user votes
America (Alabama, United States) 302 22 0 0 0 user votes
America (Indiana, United States) 268 188 0 0 0 user votes
America (Oklahoma, United States) 34 0 0 0 0 user votes

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