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The earliest could have been the Norse, but we just don't have the record to know for sure. These are the early explorers that we know about:

  • 1498--John Cabot sailed along the coast of Massachusetts in search of a northwest passage.
  • 1524--Giovanni da Verrazzano surveyed the North American coast from Maryland to Cape Cod.
  • 1602--Bartholomew Gosnold brought his ship into Provincetown harbor; he also named Cape Cod.
  • 1604 to 1606--Samuel de Champlain charted the coastline from Canada to Cape Cod.

(mainly from u-s-history.com)

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