Answer: Leif Erikson was a Norse explorer from Iceland and is considered the first known European reach North America before Christopher Columbus.
Explanation:
To the Great Lakes is the the answer.
The land west of Mississippi during the 1700's and most of the 1800' was land that was still dominated by the Native American tribes and the Spanish, and it was not safe at all for people to move in those parts considering the very bad relations with the native populations in that time of period. Also, the authorities, still hadn't tried to motivate people and try to make them settle in those areas with some measure that was going to be attractive for them.
He married Anne Boleyn in defiance of pope.
