Alot of people say it was Christopher Columbus but the true answer is the Vikings. If you are looking for one specific person the leader of the Vikings was Leif Ericson, son of Eric the Red.
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The first European widely recognized for exploring the New World is Christopher Columbus, who made his historic voyage in 1492 under the auspices of Spain. Although he was not the first to reach the Americas—Vikings like Leif Erikson had arrived centuries earlier—Columbus's expeditions led to the widespread awareness and subsequent colonization of the continent by Europe. His journeys marked the beginning of sustained European exploration and interaction with the Americas.
Ferdinand Magellan
In 1498,portugual was the first European country which reached to India.
The first European to reach India by sea in 1498 was Dom Vasco da Gama. This discovery paved the way for a Portuguese colonial empire in Asia.
Columbus
An unknown Viking.
He was the first European to land in North America.
an explorer. christopher Columbus for example, who was the first European to reach the Americas.
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa crossed Panama in 1513, becoming the first European known to have seen the Pacific from the Americas.
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa crossed Panama in 1513, becoming the first European known to have seen the Pacific from the Americas.
He was the first European to find the Americas.
There aren't European countries in the Americas, but if you mean colonies, the first was the United States of America. The second was Haiti.
By ship.
James Cook was the first European to reach Hawaii(Sandwich Islands)
Spain was the first country to import enslaved Africans to the Americas :)
Which European nation was the first to claim land in the Americas