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The English came to America by English ships. They built their ships and used them for long voyages.
He was looking for a route to India, he went around the southern tip of Africa. I don't believe he made it , the crew came down with scurvy
First Portuguese ship reached India in AD 1499 when Vasco Da Gama discovered the sea route to India. he government started in 1505, with the nomination of the first Viceroy Francisco de Almeida, then settled at Kochi.
The first known European to sail to Australia was Dutchman Willem Jansz, who landed on the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1606. However, it is believed that the Portuguese were the ones who first saw the continent, even though no records of this still exist.
Scots and Irish came to America after parliament forbade them to ship their dairy products, linens, and woollens to english markets. Faced with economic ruin, they decided to emigrate to the new world.