The Portuguese were the first Europeans to sail directly to Asia. They were first to reach the shores of India, China, Indonesia and several other places.
The potato famine in Ireland was one crop that still horrifies people to this day, the starvation of so many people brought a lot of immigrants to the shores of North America.
The first colonial towns started along riverbanks or the ocean coast because the first European settlers traveled by water to the shores and products were imported and exported from the towns along the shores.
Immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe faced a long and arduous journey. They likely had to travel down the Danube and head toward ports in the Black Sea area like Varna. Once there, they went through weeks or, in some cases, months to reach America's shores.
From the western shores of Europe, it took months to travel the Atlantic Ocean back to North America. If coming from central Europe, land travel also took months. Asians could have gone through Europe first and across the Atlantic Ocean from European ports, or they could have gone across the Pacific Ocean directly from Asian ports.
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Yes. Besides Spanish -- the original European settlers and conquerors of Mexico -- there were many immigrants of different nationalities arriving to Mexican shores throughout the centuries. Some of them include:BritishFrenchGermanIrishItalianRussianEastern European (from Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania)
In 1513 be became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean, and he claimed it and all of its shores for Spain.
Luis de Torres was the first known European to have landed on Australian shores. No records remain from anyone else's visit.
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to sail directly to Asia. They were first to reach the shores of India, China, Indonesia and several other places.
The potato famine in Ireland was one crop that still horrifies people to this day, the starvation of so many people brought a lot of immigrants to the shores of North America.
Albany is a town starting with 'A' on the shores of King George's Sound.
The first colonial towns started along riverbanks or the ocean coast because the first European settlers traveled by water to the shores and products were imported and exported from the towns along the shores.
Dirk Hartog is believed to have been the first European explorer to set foot on Western Australia's shores, doing so on 25 October 1616. Note that he was not the first European to sight Australia or to land on the continent - that honour goes to Willem Jansz, who landed on the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1606.
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You can't do shores in your house
Immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe faced a long and arduous journey. They likely had to travel down the Danube and head toward ports in the Black Sea area like Varna. Once there, they went through weeks or, in some cases, months to reach America's shores.