you all know that Christopher Columbus discovered America, but he didn't step a foot on America... So America was claimed by Amerigo Vespucci. You can tell by the name America and Amerigo.
Because Cabot was exploring for England, and the other countries could not encroach upon the territory he claimed unless they wanted to start a war with England.
The first two countries that claimed Latin America were France and Portugal
Sir Francis Drake
Richard Hakluyt it was John Cabot
Spain,France,Holland, and England.
America
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England claimed land on the Eastern Coast of North America. England also claimed parts of modern day Canada, Belize, several Caribbean Islands and the Mosquito Coast.
John Cabot
England claimed the least land in north America in 1783
England and Holland had claimed it buy 1610
England and Holland had claimed it buy 1610
Ferdinand Megellan
John Cabot
John Cabot
they claimed and colonized territory in central america
John Cabot - Apex