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It is unknown who exactly was the first exploror from China to make it to the Americas but two distinct maps of detailed North American deatures dated at 1421 found with the Chinese showing they had made the journy.
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The Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus made four voyages to America. The first being in 1492 and the last in 1504. He was said to of landed somewhere in the Bahamas
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The first sign of land the capints saw was a mountain on what they thought was an island. They named the mountain Monte Pascoal. The island they named Ilha de Vera Cruz which means island of the true cross.
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The French sent Jacques Cartier to the new world to explore. When he got here he was told to claim it for franch. He later tryed to start a colonie but due to weather, disease, and conflict with other European powers.
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Fist colonization of the British began in Jamestown, Virginia. They would eventually spread north to modern day Maine, and south to Georgia.
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The Swedish founded the colony of New Sweden located on the Delaware River in 1638. They also founded other colonies on the Delaware in present day Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
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Russian explorers traveling East from Siberia discovered Alaska and claimed it as their territory.
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The Australians first dicovered america in 1788. They were sailing and ported in present day New South Wales, Canada.
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The first Italians came to America in 1880. The idea was then refered to as "New Immagration". Those who came here did so to escape the pverty they were in. Itailians were the third largest imagration group of that time.
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Vikings discover greenland and found Norse colonies on the coast. These colonies lasted for 500 years.
