Robert peary did
portugal paid for his expedition
The Virginia Company of London funded the expedition to Jamestown in 1607. They were a group of wealthy English investors who hoped to establish a profitable colony in North America.
Several wealthy merchants of Bristol, England, paid for John Cabot's first expedition.
Thomas Jefferson paid.
Portugal
Dutch
The Dutch
The American taxpayers.
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Columbus asked John II of Portugal to pay for an expedition across the Atlantic.
They were paid to do it by President Thomas Jefferson
Dutch did he wanted to help because he was nice