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European ethnic groups

The ethnic groups in Europe are the various ethnic groups that reside in the nations of Europe. European ethnology is the field of anthropology focusing on Europe....

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1498

7.31.1498

On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.

8.1.1498

Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.

1778

1.18.1778

James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".