It was lived on by Aboriginals, but the Europeans discovered it with the Aboriginals living on it. Christopher Columbus discovered it and thought it was India at first and called the Aboriginals 'Indians'.
Most experts agree that the first non-aboriginal people to visit North America were the Norse (Vikings).
Bjarni Herjólfsson is credited with being the first Eurpoean to see and visit Canada's coast, after sailing from Eirikr Thorvaldsson's (Erik the Red) Greenland settlement.
This was nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus "discovered" the Americas.
No one person has ever explored every part of Canada. Therefore countless numbers of people have each been the first to explore various different parts of Canada. Undoubtedly, it was the people of the First Nations who first explored the various parts of Canada. With respect to European exploration of Canada, it began with Lief Erickson in or around the year 1,000, although there are references to Canada having been sighted prior to that. The next European explorers were Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot), Giovanni da Verrazzano, and Jacques Cartier. It is often believed, however, that there were unrecorded explorations, mainly of a trading nature, undertaken by European fishing vessels prior to Cabot.
european explorers, the european explorers were explorers from europe which comes in the word euopean, explores were people who explored and sailed on ships to find either new land or a way to trade
how did the lateen sail help the european explorers
European explorers introduced livestock, grain, grapes, sugar cane, onions, turnips, coffee beans and many plants and animals found in Europe, parts of Africa and parts of Asia.
Europeans explored the Atlantic for the sake of trying to find gold,money,land or something of value. Many explorers were genuinely curious about what else was around them to study and understand.Ê
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they first came to Canada looking for a route to Asia but they stumbled on Canada
Ships.
Viking Leif Ericson was the first European explorer who visited New York in 1000 A.D. Other famous European explorers to New York include John Cabot of Italy, Jacques Cartier of France, and Henry Hudson of England.
to spread the Christianity
European explorers first came to the America looking for?
Tyler Burnham
farm and trade\ \
they came to canada to find the northwest passage.
The Northwest Passage.
They were both European explorers who landed in Newfoundland, Canada.
They were both European explorers who explored the east coast of Canada.
france or iceland