Statistics for occurrence #1 of “North America” in chapter 18 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition.:

...s of the Yadkin River, in North Carolina, Daniel Boone, the illustrious hunter, had heard Finley, a trader, so memorable as the Pioneer, describe a tract of land west of Virginia, as the richest in North America or in the world. In May 1769, leaving his wife and offspring, having Finley as his pilot, and four others as companions, the young man, of about three and twenty, wandered forth through the wilde...
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