The first explorer of his time to actually set foot in Asia (lol those exact words were a question i had for homework) was Ferdinand Magellan. Giovanni Caboto claimed to have reached Asia but, he was really among the banks of Newfoundland. So yeah Magellan
Marco Polo is known as the first explorer of his time to actually set foot in Asia, specifically in China during the 13th century. His travels and writings about Asia were highly influential in introducing Asia to the Western world.
He was the first European Explorer. But Marco Polo was from China and traveled to Italy must before Magellan.
The first known explorer to set foot in Asia from the West was Marco Polo, an Italian merchant and traveler, who journeyed through Asia in the late 13th century. However, if considering earlier interactions, the Greek explorer Alexander the Great reached parts of Asia during his conquests in the 4th century BCE. Additionally, the Vikings, under figures like Leif Erikson, are believed to have reached parts of North America, but their direct contact with Asia is less documented.
Marco polo with his father and uncle in 1278.
The first white man was Marco Polo, but the first Asian man to set foot in Asia is obviously unknown.
The first recorded European to set foot on Australian soil was Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon in 1606. He landed on the western coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.
The Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernando Cortez was the first European to visit Guatemala. He first set foot in the area in 1519.
He was a Viking explorer, and was the first European to set foot in North America.
=Hornando deSoto was the first European explorer.=
He was a Viking explorer, and was the first European to set foot in North America.
Juan Ponce De Leon 1513