The vikings were first.
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∙ 2012-06-26 18:23:06The first people came to north America during the last Ice Age. the Bering Strait was a Ice bridge between Asia and North America. Humans first migrated from Asia to America during that time.
Newfoundland, Canada is the first province to see the sun rise in North America.
Peter Minuit is the person who led the first Dutch settlers to North America. Albertus van Raalte also led some Dutch immigrants to settle in North America.
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Giovanni da Verrazano sailed the Atlantic coast of North America in 1524. He was the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America since the Norse.
John Cabot sailed for the country of England under the rule of King Henry VII. He is known for being one of the first Europeans to explore North America.
The Spaniards (Spain) were the first European settlers in North America.
The first country to successfully colonize the Americas was Spain. The first peoples to start colonies in the Americas, if we are to not include the Natives who came from Russia, are the Vikings. Leif Eriksson of Greenland sailed to North America (specifically Canada) and established a colony, which after losing connection to its mother-country, Greenland, dissolved. This Viking colonization of North America occurred over 500 years before Christopher Columbus' birth.
The Vikings sailed to Canada 1000 years ago.
There has never been a president of North America. North America is a continent, not a country.
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Robert La Salle explored the Mississippi River in North America. He was the first European to sail down Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. France
discovered parts of north america, claimed it for france, sailed a ship as one of the first European explorers to discover North America
Spain was the first country to claim land in North America.
The Spanish were the first to plant grape bearing wine vines in North America. The country was Mexico, the year was 1521. Mexico was also the first country in North America to produce wine.
no there was a priest who built a raft and sailed across the Atlantic ocean even before the vikings but after the vikings i am pretty sure that the spanish were the first after them