Countries that claimed land in the Americas:
Spain
France
The Netherlands
Denmark
Germany
Russia
Sweden
Countries that claimed land in what is now the United States of America:
Great Britain
Spain
France
Denmark
The Netherlands
Russia
Sweden
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It was valuable to them because the European countries claimed North America as their own in the early 1500s, and discovered North and Central America on accident while looking for a sea route to Indonesia.
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Both England and France claimed land in North American .Which country's explorers first claimed the land? Answer this question…
Well, Hudson bay is named after Henry Hudson, who claimed land around the river for the Dutch, but it's not really said who claimed the land for the English.
France claimed the most of the land in North Africa.