Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Normandy” in chapter 5 of George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition.:
...nch on the banks of the St. Lawrence, in the territory which became his country.
The father of New France lies buried in the land which he colonized.
Thus the humble industry of the fishermen of Normandy and Brittany promised their country the acquisition of an empire.
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