The first person to step foot on what is now the United States was likely a nomadic hunter or explorer from Asia who crossed the Bering Land Bridge around 20,000 years ago during the last Ice Age. The earliest known Europeans to explore parts of present-day USA were Vikings led by Leif Eriksson around the year 1000.
No, Matthew Henson was not the first man to set foot on the moon. The first man to set foot on the moon was Neil Armstrong in 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission. Matthew Henson was an African American explorer known for his expeditions to the Arctic.
The honour of first stepping foot at the South Pole belongs to Norwegian explorers Roald Amundsen and his team, who finished their quest on December 14, 1911.
The first person to set foot on America was likely a nomadic hunter or group of nomads who crossed the Bering land bridge from Asia to North America over 15,000 years ago. These early settlers are believed to be the ancestors of modern Native American populations.
Neil Armstrong's left foot was the first to go on the moon.
The first explorer of his time to actually set foot in Asia (lol those exact words were a question i had for homework) was Ferdinand Magellan. Giovanni Caboto claimed to have reached Asia but, he was really among the banks of Newfoundland. So yeah Magellan
The first known explorer to set foot in Asia from the West was Marco Polo, an Italian merchant and traveler, who journeyed through Asia in the late 13th century. However, if considering earlier interactions, the Greek explorer Alexander the Great reached parts of Asia during his conquests in the 4th century BCE. Additionally, the Vikings, under figures like Leif Erikson, are believed to have reached parts of North America, but their direct contact with Asia is less documented.
He was the first European Explorer. But Marco Polo was from China and traveled to Italy must before Magellan.
... Asia wasn't discovered like Australia or America, people have lived there longer than they've lived in Europe.
Marco polo with his father and uncle in 1278.
The Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernando Cortez was the first European to visit Guatemala. He first set foot in the area in 1519.
The first recorded European to set foot on Australian soil was Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon in 1606. He landed on the western coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.
=Hornando deSoto was the first European explorer.=
The first white man was Marco Polo, but the first Asian man to set foot in Asia is obviously unknown.
Abel Janszoon Tasman was the Dutch explorer who first discovered New Zealand but he did not set foot on land there.
He was a Viking explorer, and was the first European to set foot in North America.
He was a Viking explorer, and was the first European to set foot in North America.