Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 1001 - The Viking explorer Leif Erikson is, according to concrete scientific evidence, the first European to reach America. 1492 - For the Queen of Spain, Christopher Columbus crosses the Atlantic ocean. 1524 - Giovanni da Verrazzano explores the East coast of America from Florida to Newfoundland. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.