The largest number of slaves sent to the Americas were sent to ''The islands of the Caribbean''.
Guilds performed a variety of important functions in the local economy. They established a monopoly of trade in their locality or within a particular branch of industry or commerce; they set and maintained standards for the quality of goods and the integrity of trading practices in that industry; they worked to maintain stable prices for their goods and commodities; and they sought to control town or city governments in order to further the interests of the guild members and achieve their economic objectives.
the answer to your problem is the greeks and romans
Sir Humphrey Gilbert that I believe was the first to voyage to the new world of England in 1583.
True the us was not a major global power until the end of ww1