this is how
The first person that we know of was Christopher Columbous. But really the first people to reach North America were the settlers from Asia.
He landed in the Bahamas, south of Florida.
Leif Ericson beat Columbus to it by about 500 years. Ericson reached north America first. Later, Columbus reached central America, but he never actually reached north America.
It is said that Vikings discovered the North Americas but they never really claimed it as anything.
North America.
The New World. It was given that name by Christopher Columbus, even though he did not really discover North America. It wa really discovered by Amerigo Vespucci, who called it America. So, what people called it back then was just America.
North America.
North America.
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North America.
Leif Ericson was the first European to discover North America.
North America. He was the first European to set foot in North America.