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It was first called the New World because Europeans never been there
Leif Eriksson was a famous Norse explorer he was one of the first Europeans to set foot in North America.
It was probably just called the New World. It is thought that the name America comes from the Italian Amerigo Vespucci, however Contries/continents are never named after first names. It is little known that it was named after a Welshman's last name; Americano. Also people think Cristopher Columbas first discovered America but in the 9th century a prince, Americano, crossed the Atlantic and settled upstream in what now is Alabama. He and his followers settled there and mixed with the natives but like the natives got wiped out by disease when europeans later arrived. This was one of Britain's arguments to their ownership of the New World.
New Sweden. Most of the Swedes who immigrated to America settled around Chicago.
Spain, France, England and the Netherlands.
The Aztecs drank a chocolate drink and when the Europeans came into Mexico and South America they discovered chocolate and took it back to Europe.
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LOOK AT THIS PAGE IT TELLS YOU IT COMES FROM SPAIN AND THEY ARE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO CAME TO LOOK FOR THE NEW WORLD AND SETTLED IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
New Amsterdam in Manhattan is the name that was giving by Europeans. This was not a well populated city.
New York City (and part of New York State) was originally inhabited by the Native American Lenape tribe. The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle New York City, in 1624.
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The West Indian islands were first colonised by people from America, probably in the early 800s. The first Europeans to land in the West Indies - and to name them - were captained by Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492.