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The city of Santo Domingo, in the current-day Dominican Republic, founded in 1496 by Columbus, is credited as the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Americas.
1496: Santo Domingo, the first European permanent settlement, is built. [ 7] 1497: John Cabot reaches Newfoundland. [ 8] 1498: In his third voyage, Columbus reaches Trinidad and Tobago. 1498: La Isabela is abandoned by the Spanish. 1499: João Fernandes Lavrador maps Labrador and Newfoundland. 16th century.
Oct 19, 2020 · The first European community in North America was established c. 980 - c. 1030 by the Norse Viking Leif Erikson (b. c. 970 - c. 980) in Newfoundland at the site known today as L'Anse aux Meadows.
Apr 27, 2020 · Saint Augustine, Florida, established in 1565, is the oldest European settlement in the continental United States. The first settlement established in what is now U.S. territory was Caparra, the first capital of Puerto Rico, established in 1508.
Sep 29, 2020 · Even before Jamestown or the Plymouth Colony, the oldest permanent European settlement in what is now the United States was founded in September 1565 by a Spanish soldier named Pedro Menéndez...
What motivated the Europeans in their initial settlements? • How did the European nations differ in their vision of a successful settlement? • How did they differ in the institutions they created to maintain their settlements? • What factors led to the survival or abandonment of a settlement? •
The first known Europeans to reach the Americas are believed to have been the Vikings ("Norse") during the eleventh century, who established several colonies in Greenland and one short-lived settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in the area the Norse called Vinland, present day Newfoundland.
