SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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Hispaniola
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Cuba
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St. Augustine
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Manhattan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European and African-American origin in the United States. Forty-two years before the English colonized Jamestown and fifty-five years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the Spanish established at St.
Detailed explanation-2: -Today, St. Augustine survives as the nation’s oldest continuously occupied city, and is now gearing up for its 450th birthday bash. On September 8, 1565, Spanish explorer Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles landed ashore at an inlet (later called Matanzas Inlet) on the eastern coast of today’s Florida.
Detailed explanation-3: -Damascus, Syria The Ancient City of Damascus located in the city centre of the capital city Damascus is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Meadowcroft Rockshelter: North America’s Oldest Human Settlement.
Detailed explanation-5: -St. John’s in Newfoundland is the oldest English-founded city in North America – and a “must-see” destination in Canada.