Jacques Cartier (1491-1557)
Who explored the land that connects the Americas and become the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Who explored the land that connects the Americas and become the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.
The first French explorer to reach Quebec was Jacques Cartier
an explorer. christopher Columbus for example, who was the first European to reach the Americas.
The French. French explorer Jacques Marquette was the first European to reach the Wisconsin River in 1673.
I don't know the first but La Salle was the who claimed it.
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa crossed Panama in 1513, becoming the first European known to have seen the Pacific from the Americas.
The explorer's name was Vasco Núñez de Balboa. He was the first person to reach and see the Pacific Ocean in 1513. Many believe he was the one who named it, but he did not. It was an explorer after him in 1520, named Ferdinand Magellan.
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa crossed Panama in 1513, becoming the first European known to have seen the Pacific from the Americas.
A lot of people think it was Christopher Columbus but it was really Leif Ericson who was the first European to reach the New World. He was a Viking explorer and it is not known when he landed but he set out in 1003 and later returned back to Europe.
The explorer Juan Ponce De Leon was the first explorer to reach Florida
Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to reach Asia by ship. He was a Portuguese explorer who lived from 1480 to 1521 CE.