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∙ 10y agojedidiah strong smith-first american white skin hunter to cross sierra Nevada
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∙ 10y agoHernando de soto was the first white to cross the Mississippi river
founding the American red cross and becoming its first president.
Magellan was an explorer born in Portugal, but sailed for Spain. He was the first European explorer to circumnavigate the world. He named the Pacific Ocean Pacific. Balboa was a Spanish explorer who first sailed the Isthmus of Panama and claimed it for Spain. He was the first to see, not cross, the Pacific Ocean which at that time was called the Ocean Sea.
Clara Barton and a circle of acquaintances founded the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1881. Barton first heard of the Swiss-inspired International Red Cross Movement while visiting Europe following the Civil War.
Facts about Samuel Hearne include that he was an explorer. He was the very first European to cross over the land of Canada to the Arctic Ocean.
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The first explorer to cross the Nullarbor Plain was Edward John Eyre.
Smith was the first white man to cross the future state of Nevada.
Yes, John Fremont led an expedition that crossed the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1844. This journey was important in exploring the western territories of the United States.
The first European explorer to visit Nevada was Francisco Garces in either 1775 or 1776; He was born in 1738 and was a Franciscan friar and missionary.
Edward Eyre was an Australian explorer. He was the first to cross the Nullarbor Plain, making the first overland journey from east to west.
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The first American spacecraft in space was named Explorer 1. It was launched on January 31, 1958.
Clara Barton was the Founder and first president of the American red cross