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Which countries in western europe first sent explorers and colonists to america?
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Excluding the Vikings from Scandinavia and Iceland, the first Europeans to settle in the Americas were the Spanish and the Portuguese. Columbus arrived in the islands off North America in 1492, and he and others established colonies for Spain in the West Indies. Portugal, having established an easterly trade route around Africa, also became interested in the New World, establishing a colony in Brazil in 1500.
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What descent were the explorers who traveled to America from?
America was discovered by many different explorers, most of them of Western European ethnicity.
What regions did spanish explorers travel?
Spanish explorers traveled extensively throughout the Western Hemisphere. The conquistadores traveled as far north as the western portion of the present-day United States to the southernmost regions of the present-day countries of Chile and Argentina. The Spanish also sailed through the Pacific and reached the Philippines.
What countries are considered western Europe?
It depends on the time period you are talking about. Western countries are usually the America's canada, and Africa. Then again it depends on what time period you are talking about because it changes if your talking middle ages, WWI WWII etc...
What were the slaving countries?
The countries that were involved in the slave trade were: Europe and western Africa :D Europe and "West" Africa are Continents.
Cooperation between the countries of western Europe is very old and traditional?
false
What descent were the explorers who traveled to America from?
America was discovered by many different explorers, most of them of Western European ethnicity.
What kind of countries are in the western hemisphere?
All the countries of North America and South America.
What happend once europeans realized Columbus had found a new land not a western route to India?
Many European explorers headed to the West once the finds of Columbus became known. Most countries sent explorers to both North and South America.
What describes the way Western European leaders reacted to Christopher Columbus's journey to the Caribbean?
They quickly began sending their own explorers and colonists to the Americas.
Who were the first explorers in north America?
They explored Georgia and Western Canada. Those are as many as I can remember
What all countries support Iran?
It is not. Many Western countries, especially America's support of Iran do not.
What maritime powers were beginning to explore and colonize the western hemisphere by the sixteenth century?
In the 16 English took some of America and Canada, France colonized mostly the middle of America, the Netherlands occupied some of South America, Portugal colonized the eastern part of South America and Spain took Mexico and the western part of South America. century, many countries began to send colonists over to the Americas. The
What was one effect of Christopher Columbus landing in the Western Hemisphere in 1492?
He was the start of the loss of life, lands, and cultures by the Native Americans.
What countries are in the western portion of North America?
Canada and the United States.
How are Brazil and America alike?
Both are large countries in the Western Hemisphere.
Why did explorers initially go west?
Through recorded history there have been "explorers". Within the last 400 plus years, European explorers kept moving west in the Western Hemisphere because they continued to find more unexplored lands until they finally reached the western coasts of North and South America.
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans from West Africa were taken to the Western Hemisphere and sold as slaves to the European colonists.
