Gold has been known since ancient times, probably at least 6 to 12 thousand years ago.
In the United States, gold mining began with the Reed Farm Mine in North Carolina, 1799.
Gold in California dates to well before California was part of the United States. About 1775, gold was found in placer deposits along the Colorado River a few miles west of Yuma, Arizona.
If you mean landed on. It was the moon in 1969 and the man who landed there was Neil Armstrong for the United States.
Portugal explored the New World first
Initially Europeans explored the Americas in search of gold, silver and precious stones.
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the first which ibn battuta explored was palesine
Eric Blandford.
He explored for gold and riches.
Pizarro explored for gold and land and conquered and colonized Peru.
Prehistoric man. Just like everywhere else.
It was first explored in 1985.
If you mean landed on. It was the moon in 1969 and the man who landed there was Neil Armstrong for the United States.
Gold was found by our ancient ancestors in many locations, but as man came out of Africa one could surmise that African gold was the first gold to be found by man.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca explored what is now Texas in 1528.
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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca explored what is now Texas in 1528.
It was first explored by Francisco Coronado!