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The Kingdom of Spain was the first country to claim lands in North America following the successful expeditions of explorer Christopher Columbus. The first European city founded in the New World was Santo Domingo in 1497 which was founded in the present day Dominican Republic. The first city that was founded on the continents of North or South America was the city of Cumaná in modern day Venezuela in 1501.
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What's Largest Native American nation in North America?
the Navajo is the largest native American nation in north American
Explorers from which european country were the first to claim land along the st lawrence river valley in north america?
France is generally considered to be the first European country to explore, then to stake a formal claim to, the lands along the St. Lawrence River in North America. As early as 1534, a French explorer by the name of Jacques Cartier was sent across the Atlantic Ocean by the French king (Francis I) with the explicit purpose of establishing a French presence in the New World.
The explorer who gave England its first claim to land in North America?
John Cabot
Why did the Asians travel to North America before the Europeans did?
They came to America for new opportunities.
What land did the native Americans claim?
Native Americans righfully claimed all lands in the America's (today known as North America, Central America and South America). This was confirmed by the courts of Europe in 1532 (that they had a legal and rightful claim to the lands as its owner and custodians).
