Because it was there as the mountain climbers say and the explorers searched and the Crowns sent out new expeditions hoping to find instant wealth as Spain had done in South America,
John smith discovered Virginia. While he and men from England were searching for land to build Jamestown, they discovered Virginia.
John Smith did not discover Virginia.
1607 with the founding of Jamestown .
Trey Songz was discovered in a talent show in Petersburg, Virginia.
Neither one. The first European exploration of Virginia was in the 1500's by the Spanish.
Thomas Gates discovered the Colony of Virginia. This happened in the year 1610.
thomas jefferson discovered the 4 of july
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John Salley,and John Howard
He didn't discover VA.
Marcus Anthony welch of Roanoke Virginia
Florida was the first state to be discovered in 1512 by Ponce de Leon from Spain. Although it was of course not a state yet when it was discovered. Dont get confused with Jamestown Virginia which was the first to become an English colony but that wasnt until the 1600s when it was discovered.