For all practical purposes, Christopher Columbus was the first European to discover the Americas. This being said with the understanding that the islands he landed on in the Caribbean Sea were and are part of the Americas. It is acknowledged that there is a semblance of a case that the Americas were first discovered by Lief Erricson. If so, they had no impact compared to the Columbus voyages.
He discovered the Americas even though he didn't know it was the Americas at the time. He thought that he found a shorter route to India so Europeans could trade spices and other things faster and easier. The Vikings accually discovered it before Christoper Columbus. I am pretty sure that Europeans traded with the Native Americans. Also, now European countries could Get more land.
Since 1492, when Christopher Columbus discovered some islands in the Caribbean. and started the process of European colonization of the Americas.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus first landed in the Bahamas in 1492, specifically on an island he named San Salvador (known as Guanahani by the indigenous Taíno people). This event marked the beginning of European exploration and colonization in the Americas.
Christopher Columbus.
For all practical purposes, Christopher Columbus was the first European to discover the Americas. This being said with the understanding that the islands he landed on in the Caribbean Sea were and are part of the Americas. It is acknowledged that there is a semblance of a case that the Americas were first discovered by Lief Erricson. If so, they had no impact compared to the Columbus voyages.
Spain discovered the tomato in the Americas on their many expeditions to the Americas.
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He discovered the Americas even though he didn't know it was the Americas at the time. He thought that he found a shorter route to India so Europeans could trade spices and other things faster and easier. The Vikings accually discovered it before Christoper Columbus. I am pretty sure that Europeans traded with the Native Americans. Also, now European countries could Get more land.
Since 1492, when Christopher Columbus discovered some islands in the Caribbean. and started the process of European colonization of the Americas.
Since 1492, when Christopher Columbus discovered some islands in the Caribbean. and started the process of European colonization of the Americas.
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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus in 1492
Some specific European countries that sent explorers to the Americas include Spain, Portugal, England, France, and the Netherlands. These explorers were instrumental in the colonization and expansion of European powers in the Americas.
Christopher Columbus is credited as the person who discovered America, although it is now known that the Norse had been to North America 500 years earlier. He was an Italian, from Genoa - although his voyage was financed by Spain. What he "actually" discovered (that is, he was the first European to find) was the island San Salvador in the Bahamas. It was his connection with Spain that began the European settlements in the Americas.