Father Lehi prophesied that multiple nations would come to the Americas and steal the native's land
2 Nephi 1:11. These 13 European nations colonized parts of the New World beginning in the years indicated:
1. Spain 1492
2. Portugal 1500
3. France 1534
4. England 1607
5. Netherlands 1615
6. Scotland 1622
7. Courland & Semigallia (Poland, Lithuania) 1637
8. Sweden 1638
9. Knights Hospitaller (Malta) 1651
10. Denmark 1665
11. Brandenburg - Prussia 1689
12. Norway 1754
13. Russia 1784
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| Extent of Spanish and Portuguese Empires in 1790 |
By the mid 1700's nearly all of the Western Hemisphere was claimed by one or more of the European colonial powers. Lehi's prophecy was explicitly fulfilled.
