His first voyages in 1607 and 1608 were sponsored by the Muscovy Company, which was a British company but not affiliated with the British Crown. His next voyage (1609) was sponsored by the Dutch East Indian Company, then in 1610 he was sponsored by the Virginia Company (which sponsored expeditions to Jamestown) and British East India Company. This voyage faced a mutiny and he was cast out to sea somewhere off the canadian coast. So the answer would sort of be England, but he didn't go directly to the King or Queen. Rather he claimed land for England but was sponsored by individual groups of people via proprietary companies
Nasa from proud America was the first nation
the first nation south of the Sahara was Ghana
The duration of Hank Williams First Nation is 1.53 hours.
The answer may be subject to debate, but Portugal sent explorers who were sponsored by the government, commanded by Vasco da Gamma to sail around Africa and extablish a sea route to India. The Portuguese also discovered Madiera, the Azores, and the Canary Islands, but these explorations may have been inadvertant.
Portugal
Magellan
Captained the first circumnavigation expedition.
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USS Nautilus
Joshua Slocum, a Canadian sailor.
I think it is Cabot...
The nation of Australia has changed immensely since the first settlement. It is an advanced, first level nation with high technology and successful governments.
The first nation to send a human into space was Russia (or rather, the former Soviet Union) with the successful launch of Yuri Gagarin in 1961.
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submarine successfully completed the first fully-submerged circumnavigation of the earth in 60 days and 21 hours?HMNGOMEZ-USS Triton (SSRN-586)
Magellan became famous because he was the first to lead a circumnavigation of the world in ship.