The first explorer in Connecticut was Aderian Block. He founded it for the Dutch in 1614.
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The first African American explorer to reach the North Pole was explorer Matthew Henson. Henson was born on August 8, 1866 and died at the age of 88 on March 9, 1955.
Ponce de Leon was the Spanish explorer who discovered Florida in 1513 and searched for the legendary fountain of youth. The Fountain of Youth was a spring that was believed to restore a person to their youth if they drank its water.
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James Cook is credited with being the first European explorer to circumnavigate and chart New Zealand.
Pedro Cabral was a Portuguese explorer and is credited for being the first to see Brazil
Abel Tasman is credited with being the first European explorer to discover Ven Diemen's land (now Tasmania) and New Zealand.
Garcia Lopez de Cardenas is credited with being the first European to see the Grand Canyon.
Roald Amundsen got to the South Pole 1st and just a month later, Robert Falcon Scot made it to the South Pole but sadly died on his journey back because of the cold and hunger.
He was rich because he was the explorer of Puerto Rico (Known as San Juan before he changed it) and he was Puerto Rico's first governer.
For the Portuguese explorer, da Gama.Vasco da Gama is credited with being the first European to sail around Africa to India.
Ferdinand Magellan is generally credited with being the first explorer to circumnavigate the world.
The Minoans are credited as Europe's first great civilization.
I would say De Soto in 1540. He landed in Fl and walked the southeastern United States to the Mississippi River. Or it might have been the Spanish explorer Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon around 1526.
Ben Franklin is first credited with understanding electricity.