This was never discovered, but other possibilities were found, and in the early 17th century colonists from a number of Northern European states began to settle on the east coast of North America.
Taj prolaz nikad nije bio otkriven, ali u njihovim putovanjima pronađene su druge mogućnosti, pa su u ranom sedamnaestom stoljeću kolonisti iz brojnih sjevernoeuropskih zemalja započeli naseljavanje istočne obale Sjeverne Amerike.