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Alot of people say it was Christopher Columbus but the true answer is the Vikings. If you are looking for one specific person the leader of the Vikings was Leif Ericson, son of Eric the Red.

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Q: Who was the first European to reach the Americas?
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Who First documented European to reach the Americas?

Columbus


Who is considered as the first European to reach the Americas?

An unknown Viking.


Was Leif Ericsson the first to reach the Americas?

He was the first European to land in North America.


Who is a person who tries to find new land?

an explorer. christopher Columbus for example, who was the first European to reach the Americas.


Who explored the land that connects Americas and became the first explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean?

Vasco Nuñez de Balboa crossed Panama in 1513, becoming the first European known to have seen the Pacific from the Americas.


Who explored land that connects the Americas and became the first Spanish explorer to reach the pacific ocean.?

Vasco Nuñez de Balboa crossed Panama in 1513, becoming the first European known to have seen the Pacific from the Americas.


Was leif ericson the 1st to find the Americas?

He was the first European to find the Americas.


The first European colony in the Americas to win independence was?

There aren't European countries in the Americas, but if you mean colonies, the first was the United States of America. The second was Haiti.


How did the first African slaves reach the Americas?

By ship.


Who was the first European explorers to reach Hawaii?

James Cook was the first European to reach Hawaii(Sandwich Islands)


Which European country was first to import enslaved Africans to the Americas?

Spain was the first country to import enslaved Africans to the Americas :)


The European who discovered the Americas as a result of his attempt to sail west to reach the markets in the east?

Christopher Columbus.