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No there was a less famous explorer that went there about 20 to 30 years before. Plus the vikings where there about 1000 to 1500 years before, there is also evidence of Celts being in the Midwest.
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Even if only Europeans count (since there were people on shore watching him arrive) the answer is still no. Vikings, Chinese, Phoenicians and potentially Basques beat Columbus to North America.
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∙ 15y agoNo but he was probobly the first civiliced man.
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∙ 14y agoWhile Columbus was not the first to arrive in America. He was the first to chart East coastline and large part of Caribbean.But he was the first person to discover Indiana .
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∙ 11y agoNo the native americans were
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Who came first to America Columbus or the pilgrims?
The Christopher Columbus came first in 1492.
What did christopher Columbus find on first trip?
America
First people to arrive in South America?
The first colonists to arrive in South America were the Spanish conquistadors, in the 15th Century.
Who were the second people to discover America?
Christopher Columbus because the Native Americans were in America first and Christopher Columbus was there second. He did not discover America because Native Americans were already there.
Christopher Columbus thought America was what country when he first landed?
Asia
Who was the first person to claim lands in America for Spain?
Christopher Columbus
Who came first to America Columbus or the pilgrims?
The Christopher Columbus came first in 1492.
Who was the first European explorer to realize America was a New World?
The first person to discover America was Christopher Columbus.But technichly the Native Americans were because they were the first one on that land.When Christopher Columbus came there were already Native Americans.
Which famous spanish explorer claimed to have discovered America?
Christopher Columbus, who first reached the islands off North America in 1492.
Who was the first adventure to land in America?
Christopher Columbus
What did christopher Columbus find on first trip?
America
Who were the first to land in south America?
the indigenous people
Who was the first person in the world to discover America?
People say that Christopher Columbus first discovered America. But actually, a Viking called Leif Erickson really did discover America first.
Who was the first European to realize America was a new world?
The first person to discover America was Christopher Columbus.But technichly the Native Americans were because they were the first one on that land.When Christopher Columbus came there were already Native Americans.
First people to arrive in South America?
The first colonists to arrive in South America were the Spanish conquistadors, in the 15th Century.
When did christopher Columbus first visit south America?
he didn't
What was christopher Columbus's historical importance?
He sailed to america first
