Who were the first european to reach the americas and when did they arrive?
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Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas? When did the first Europeans arrive in the Americas?
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Timeline of the European colonization of North America
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Exploration of North America Timeline of the European colonization of North America European colonization of the Americas History of the west coast of North America Timeline of European exploration List of explorers Chronology of European exploration of Asia Voyages of Christopher Columbus Exploration of the Pacific Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact theories
The exploration of <b>North America</b> by non-indigenous people was a continuing 
effort to map and explore the continent of <b>North America</b>. It spanned centuries, 
and consisted of efforts by numerous people and expeditions from various 
foreign countries to map the continent. See also the European colonization of the 
<b>Americas</b>. ... the <b>first European to reach</b> the North-<b>American</b> Pacific overland, via 
the Bella&nbsp;... This is a chronology and timeline of the colonization of <b>North America</b>, with 
founding dates of ... 1493: Columbus arrived in Puerto Rico; 1496: Santo 
Domingo, the <b>first European</b> permanent settlement is built. ... 1540: Spanish 
<b>reach</b> the Grand Canyon (the area is ignored for the next 200 years); 1541: 
Failed French&nbsp;... The <b>European</b> colonization of the <b>Americas</b> describes the history of the 
settlement and ... The <b>first</b> phase of well-financed <b>European</b> activity in the 
<b>Americas</b> began with the Atlantic Ocean crossings of Christopher ... care) so the 
numbers grew rapidly by excesses of births over deaths, <b>reaching</b> 4 million by the 
1860 Census. In 1513, Spanish explorers were the <b>first Europeans to reach</b> the west coast of 
<b>North America</b>, on the Pacific coast&nbsp;... This timeline of European exploration lists major geographic discoveries and 
other firsts ... 1493–94 – On his second voyage to the <b>Americas</b>, Columbus 
discovers ... 1513 – Jorge Álvares becomes the <b>first European to reach</b> China by 
sea,&nbsp;... The following is a list of explorers. Their common names, countries of origin (
modern and former), centuries when they were active and main areas of 
exploration are listed below. Leif Erikson was a famous Norse explorer who is 
credited for being the <b>first European</b> to set foot on <b>American</b> soil (c. ... becoming 
the <b>first European to reach</b> and see the Pacific from the <b>America&#39;s</b>&nbsp;... This is a chronology of the <b>early European</b> exploration of Asia. Contents. 1 First 
wave of ... The <b>first Europeans to reach</b> the Banda Islands, the expedition 
remained in Banda for about ... Prehistoric &middot; <b>North America</b> &middot; Europeans in the 
<b>Americas</b>. In 1492, a Spanish-based transatlantic maritime expedition led by Italian explorer 
Christopher ... In fact they were not the first explorers from Europe to <b>reach</b> the 
<b>Americas</b>, having been preceded by the Viking ... Isthmus of Panama to become 
the <b>first European</b> to sight the Pacific Ocean from the shores of the New World. Polynesians reached nearly all the Pacific islands by about 1200 AD, followed by 
Asian ... The fact that some Polynesians possessed the South <b>American</b> Sweet 
potato ... Spanish explorer Balboa was the <b>first European</b> to sight the Pacific from 
... of Magellan (Will Adams, the first Englishman to <b>reach</b> Japan, was on board). Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact theories speculate about possible visits to 
or interactions ... The sweet potato, a food crop native to the <b>Americas</b>, was 
widespread in Polynesia by the time <b>European</b> explorers <b>first</b> reached the Pacific. 
... took several months and the captain and most of the men died before <b>reaching</b> 
land.
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European colonization of the Americas