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What is the first European people known to have visited the Americas?
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The first Europeans to arrive in North America -- at least the first for whom there is solid evidence -- were Norse, traveling west from Greenland, where Erik the Red had founded a settlement around the year 985. In 1001 his son Leif is thought to have explored the northeast coast of what is now Canada and spent at least one winter there. Many European fishermen fished the waters off the northern coasts of North America and the US but did not settle there. The Spanish conquistadores explored the Southwest of what would become the US in the 1500s but did not establish permanent settlements. St. Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1565 by the Spanish. The British tried to establish a settlement in Virginia, known as Roanake, Virginia, in 1587 but the colony, known as the lost colony, did not survive. The Jamestown colony in 1607 was the first permanent British colony in North America.
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Was Leif Erickson the first European to arrive in America?
Lief Erickson was indeed the first known European to land on America. Christopher Columbus was the first documented European to land on the Americas. When I say Americas I mean north, south, and central America.
What did Columbus name the first island he visited in the Americas?
San Salvador was what Columbus named the first island he visited in the Americas.
Was Leif Ericsson the first to reach the Americas?
He was the first European to land in North America.
What was the first European record of exploration in America?
The first European Explorer was Cristopher Columbus,that was the first recorded one, but probably many Euopeans have reached the Americas.
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Christopher Columbus
First European people known to have visited the Americas?
Vikings
Who were the first European people known to have visited the Americas?
The Vikings
Who where the first European people to build colonies in the Americas?
english
Were the vikings the first known Europeans to have visited the Americas?
Yes.
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He was the first European to find the Americas.
Who First documented European to reach the Americas?
Columbus
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There aren't European countries in the Americas, but if you mean colonies, the first was the United States of America. The second was Haiti.
Was Leif Ericson first to America?
There were already millions of people living in the Americas when Lief Ericson landed on the shores of Newfoundland in 1,000 A.D. Lief Ericson is credited with being the first European to settle in the Americas, despite the fact that his settlement lasted only a few years. It is thought that Vikings from Greenland visited the shores of Labrador prior to 1,000 A.D. to obtain lumber for constructing ships and buildings back in their Greenland settlements. There are also a few unsubstantiated accounts of earlier European explorers reaching the Americas.
Which European country was first to import enslaved Africans to the Americas?
Spain was the first country to import enslaved Africans to the Americas :)
Which European nation was the first to claim land in America?
Which European nation was the first to claim land in the Americas
Which region in the Americas was the first to have European colonization?
Atlantic Coast
