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who were the first europeans to make settlements in north america? irish irish spanish spanish vikings vikings portuguese

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Answer: Norse, so vikings!

Explanation: The first Europeans to arrive in North America -- at least the first for whom there is solid evidence -- were Norse, traveling west from Greenland, where Erik the Red had founded a settlement around the year 985.

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