Here is nothing to debate. If you know geography and history and little sailing or (sail)planes - from Europe it is much-much easier to reach US than South Ame

Here is nothing to debate. If you know geography and history and little sailing or (sail)planes - from Europe it is much-much easier to reach US than South America, because exists line of islands, approx from England to Canada, directly, which even have built infrastructure of airfields and ports from 1940s, and sure, there is civilization, govt and civil services. For South America, none comparable exists, even more, on the way you will meet extremely unfriendly zone of equatorial weather, and no services.