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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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What were the European explorers looking for in the Indies?

North america...... they thought that they were at the new world. North america...... they thought that they were at the new world.


Who is the first European visitor?

The first European visitors to North America were the Vikings.


What was the first european country to control large areas of north america and the caibbean sea?

Poland.


Who were some of the important early European explorers?

Some important early European explorers include Christopher Columbus, who is credited with opening up the Americas to European exploration in 1492, and Vasco da Gama, who discovered the sea route to India around the Cape of Good Hope in 1498. Ferdinand Magellan is notable for leading the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, while John Cabot explored parts of North America for England in the late 15th century. These explorers significantly expanded European knowledge of the world and facilitated trade and colonization.


What is a list of the European explorers who journeyed to the Americas?

Key European explorers who journeyed to the Americas include Christopher Columbus, who made his first voyage in 1492, John Cabot, who explored the North American coast in 1497, Hernán Cortés, known for his conquest of the Aztec Empire in the early 1500s, and Francisco Pizarro, who conquered the Inca Empire in the 1530s. Other notable figures include Amerigo Vespucci, whose explorations contributed to the naming of America, and Jacques Cartier, who explored parts of Canada in the 1530s. These explorers played significant roles in the early European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

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Who were the first European explorers North America?

christopher columbus


What did European explorers call the first settlers in North America?

Indians


Who were the first European's to explore north American continent?

Spanish explorers were the first Europeans to explore North America.


What evidence proves that the vikings were in north America before the European explorers?

Cause they were here first thats why


Who two European explorers that explored south America and north America?

Two such explorers were Christopher Columbus and Hernán Cortés.


The ocean used by most European explorers to get to North America's is the?

Atlantic


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


What were the European explorers looking for in the Indies?

North america...... they thought that they were at the new world. North america...... they thought that they were at the new world.


Why did European explorers explore northamerica?

they explored north America because they th


Who were the first explorers and were did they come from?

The first explorers to the North America or now known as the United States were De Vaca and his European settlers. They came from all different social groups and religious groups.


Why did European countries sead explorers to north America?

They didn’t send them to North America. They didn’t know it was there, but they were looking for a route to Asia.


What happened when European explorers first arrived in north America?

They landed in several placces on their expidition mainly on the east coast of north america some in the gulf and i belive 1 hit cuba