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This is a disputed answer. Some say the first European explorers to reach America were the Vikings, with Leif Erickson being the first of them. However, the settlement he founded in about the year 1000 AD in what the vikings called Vinland, and was probably on the coast of modern Newfoundland, Canada, lasted only a short time and the Vikings did not follow-up with further exploration and settlement. Erikson's exploration and settlement had little effect on Europe and none that we know of on America. The European exploration and settlement of America that had a lasting effect on both Europe and America was that which followed the exploratory journey of Christopher Columbus (called ChristoffaCorombo in his native Genoa and Cristóbal Colón in Spain) in the year 1492, some 500 years after Leif Erikson.
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When did the first slave ship arrive in America?
it arrived in America in 1619.
What ship did the first slaves arrive in America?
mayflower
When did the first Europeans arrive in America?
the first Europeans came in 1497
The first European explorers arrived on the west coast of Africa in the late 1400s?
portuguese
Who were the first slaves to arrive to America and how many were they?
The first Slaves arrived to america arrived in the us colonies and they were thirdteen of them. ^_^
When did european explorers first arrive in South America?
Approx. 1500.
When European explorers first arrived in china what happened?
The first European explorers to arrive in China were greeted by the native Chinese. The explorers exchanged gifts and ideas. The European explorers took tea back to Europe.
The first explorers to arrive in the Americans in the 1500s were from what European country?
Indians
Who were the first European explorers North America?
christopher columbus
What did European explorers call the first settlers in America?
Indians
What were the first people that came to America looking for?
European explorers first came to the America looking for?
What did European explorers call the first settlers in North America?
Indians
Who was the first European sailor to arrive in America?
Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer.
Who were the first European's to explore north American continent?
Spanish explorers were the first Europeans to explore North America.
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 evidence proves that the vikings were in north America before the European explorers?
Cause they were here first thats why
Did catholics or protestants come to America first?
If you count Christopher Columbus as the first European to arrive in the New World, that would be Catholics.
