No, "400 years ago" is not out. Though settlement didn't begin until the early 17th century, European exploration of the immediate area dates to the 1520s.
But the context appears to be one of colonization, not exploration. Did the Europeans of the early sixteenth-century do much more than map the coast?
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No, "400 years ago" is not out. Though settlement didn't begin until the early 17th century, European exploration of the immediate area dates to the 1520s.
But the context appears to be one of colonization, not exploration. Did the Europeans of the early sixteenth-century do much more than map the coast?