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The first country to send an explorer to the new world was Spain. However, the first European country to have someone successfully make the trip was Portugal, with Christopher Columbus being the famous explorer who is credited with "discovering" America.
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∙ 12y agoThere are many notable countries known for exploring, the first being a young Norway, feeling misunderstood by his European colleagues. So he packed his bag and took off, roaming the world for hilarious adventures and hijinks. Unfortunately for our friend Norway, he wandered into the bad part of the world and was sucked into the realm of heroin and opium. Norway finally died on December 30, 1912 after being stomped on by a heroin-hungry elephant.
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∙ 16y agoThe Vikings, from Scandinavia.
They called it vineland or wineland. Because there were wild grapes growing where they landed.
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∙ 12y agothe first country to send an explorer to the New World was SPAIN.
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∙ 12y agoThe vikings were first.
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Why is Giovanni da Verrazano famous?
He was important because he sailed the Atlantic Ocean into the now is the New York Bay
What was the first european country to control large areas of north america and the caibbean sea?
Poland.
What state or province does the sun rise first on in North America?
Newfoundland, Canada is the first province to see the sun rise in North America.
Which country established a permanent settlement in north America before 1600?
Spain had established a permanent settlement in North America before 1600. St. Augustine was established as a fort in 1565. It was the first permanent settlement in what would become the United States.
What is cree?
Cree is a language spoken by a large number of First Nations people of North America. The Cree are a large group of First Nations people of North America.
Which explorer sailed along the Atlantic coast of north America?
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.
Christopher Columbus went to what countries?
The country Christopher colubus traveled to on his first voyage was North America to find a shorter route to Asia and find spices and great riches.
What country did Robert la salle sailed for?
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
What was the first country to settle in North America?
The Spaniards (Spain) were the first European settlers in North America.
Who was the first black president of North America?
There has never been a president of North America. North America is a continent, not a country.
Transporation used by Samuel de Champlain?
discovered parts of north america, claimed it for france, sailed a ship as one of the first European explorers to discover North America
Who was the first country to try and colonize North America and why?
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.
What is the first country to have colony in North America and South America?
France
Which nation set up the first colony in North America?
Spain was the first country to claim land in North America.
Who were the first known Europeans to sail to North America?
The Vikings sailed to Canada 1000 years ago.
Were the Spaniards the first europeans the first europeans to reach north America were the to reach north America after the vikings?
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
Where did Eric the red sail to?
Erik "The Red" Thorvaldson sailed form Iceland to Greenland and established the first European Settlement in North America
