Marco polo with his father and uncle in 1278.
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He was the first European Explorer. But Marco Polo was from China and traveled to Italy must before Magellan.
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Willem Janzoon was an important person in Australia between 1550 and 1650. He was a Dutch explorer who first set foot on the land in 1606. He and others explored the land but did not make any settlements for over a hundred years.
There were many explorers that set out to explore the New World. The first English explorer to reach the New World was John Cabot.
Columbia was named after Christopher Columbus, but the first person to actually set foot on the land was Alonso de Ojeda.