I’m gonna hazard a guess there’s a bunch of people on here who aren’t familiar with Eddie Izzard’s Dressed to Kill. So let’s give credit and to those who this applies go watch it!
It's still my favorite routine. This segment was specifically about the expedition that founded the colonies on the east coast of North America. However, I generalized it to encompass the 6 or so other groups that "found" the continent or discovered an "empty" region.
Worth pointing out that America was colonized exactly because there were already people there who created cities over centuries. Without them, Spain wouldn't have an immediate financial gain to colonize