Jul 1608: The first French town is founded in North America, Quebec City, by Samuel de Champlainġ612: A tobacco plantation opens in VirginiaĪug 1619: the Dutch begin the slave trade between Africa and North America (Virginia) May 1607: Jamestown is the first English colony in the AmericasĪug 1607: John Smith founds the colony of Virginia Sep 1565: the Spanish found the first permanent European settlement in North America at St Augustine (Florida)ġ573: The first Chinese goods reach the Americas via Spanish ships coming from the Philippinesġ583: Humphrey Gilbert founds an English colony in Newfoundland Sep 1542: Portuguese explorer Juan Cabrillo discovers California Mar 1524: the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano sails up the coast of north America and discovers Manhattan
May 1499: the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci sails to the new continent on behalf of Spainġ500: About seven million Native Americans live in North Americaġ502: Vespucci realizes that Colombo discovered a new continentĪpr 1507: German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller's "Cosmographiae Introductio" names the new continent "America"
Oct 1492: the Italian explorer Cristoforo Colombo sails west on behalf of Spain looking for a way to reach Asia, and instead lands in a new continent TM, ®, Copyright © 2011 Piero Scaruffi All rights reserved. A timeline of the USA and Canada To advertise in this space
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