The first European who arrived in North America was Leif Ericson-a Viking.
Christopher Columbus
The first Europeans to come to the mainland of the United States were likely the Vikings about 1000 AD. However, Hernando De Soto was the first Spanish explorer to explore part of what became the United States in 1516.
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
The first explorer in Connecticut was Aderian Block. He founded it for the Dutch in 1614.
Vasco Da Gama was the first explorer to make a complete journey to India. He was Portugese and left in 1497 with three ships under his command. He sailed on the water for eleven months( versus three months for Columbus) when he finally made it to the Indian city of Calicut( not to be confused with Calcutta, which was the city's enemy at the time.
India was the first Asian country European explorers reached by water. It was first reached by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama.
Garcia Lopez de Cardenas.
Christopher Columbus is the explorer who reached the Americas under the flag of Castile. He is an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer.
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Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
Portuguese explorer BARTOLOMEU DIAS reached in india around 1488.
In 1911, the Roald Amundsen (Norwegian explorer) beat the British explorer Robert F. Scott in the race to be the first who reached the South Pole (ie.the Antarctica).
The explorer Dr.Frederick Cook made the first ascent of the mountain in 1906
Christopher Columbus.
The first European Explorer was Cristopher Columbus,that was the first recorded one, but probably many Euopeans have reached the Americas.
Leif Eriksson
The first Asian country that the European explorers reached by water was India. The explorers was commanded by Portuguese explorer Dom Vasco da Gama.