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The Spaniards (Spain) were the first European settlers in North America.
John Batman is regarded as the founder of Melbourne, and therefore the first European to settle there.
California
Spain was the first European country to Texas.
The Vikings where the firts to settle in Canada
France
The question as posed is unanswerable since it does not specify the what "southwest" is in relation to.If it is about the Southwestern USA, then the answer is Hernando de Soto.If it is about the Southwest Andean Region, then the answer is Francisco Pizarro.If it is about Southwestern edge of the Gulf of Mexico, then the answer is Hernan Cortés.Ad nauseum.
The separatist first settled in North America.....
The separatist first settled in North America.....
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portuguese
The Viking adventurers.