Europe is close to the Atlantic. Ancient people are known to have come out of the Mediterranean Sea and sail down the coast of Africa. This is pre-written history, so no one knows who it was, but it was not an explorer. It would have been a merchant seeking to trade goods with places that were dangerous to travel to by land.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
Hernando De Soto was a Spanish Explorer. He was the one to lead the first European expedition. He died during the expedition.
Leif Ericson was the first european to see the Atlantic ocean
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
The Bering Strait is named after the Danish explorer Vitus Bering, who was the first European to explore the strait in 1728 on an expedition for the Russian Navy.
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first European to lead an expedition to the Pacific Ocean. He was a Spanish explorer.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronando
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean. Vasco da Gama was the first to reach India ten years later.