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Sir Francis Drake was the first European to see the coast of California. The land was named New Albion and claimed for England, on June 17, 1579.
The USA and Mexico both have large coastlines. Both have very long coasts on the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico and a smaller Caribbean coast. ... If you love the water, Mexico has a huge variety of water, not limited to its extensive coasts, Mexico has many lakes and rivers.
If you are talking about the FIRST European to visit Australian shores then it was Willem Janszoon in 1606 and he was Dutch. However, some historians claim the Portuguese had been visiting Australia since 1200+. After this for the next few hundred years, New Holland (Present-day Australia) was repeatedly claimed by various European powers including the Dutch who claimed Van Diemans Land (Present-day Tasmania), the French who claimed the Western part of New Holland (Present-day WA), and the British who claimed the East Coast. The British under the command of Captain James Cook claimed the East Coast in 1770 and began settling in 1788.
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Yucatan Peninsula is off the southeast coast of Mexico.
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Though they shouldn't, many companies within nations do dump waste and garbage in the ocean. Many take it to a "neutral" zone in the middle of the ocean that it not really claimed by any country or area and dump there, or some just left if off the coast.
Mexico and Canada are the two nations which share a border with the US. The Bahamas are approximately 40 miles off the Florida coast, Russia is about 50 miles from Alaska, and Cuba is 90 miles from Florida.
Yucatan Peninsula is off the southeast coast of mexico.
Yes. Most oil reserves in Mexico are located on the Gulf of Mexico's southern coast.