When The Catholic Kings supported Christopher
Columbus’ project, they expected him to arrive to ``Las Indias´´ through the
Atlantic Ocean. On October 1492, Columbus arrived in Guanahani, an Islan but he
believed he was in ``Las Indias´´.
Christopher Columbus died without knowing he had discovered a new
continent. After that, this the new continent was called America in honor of
Americo Vespucio who was the first one to make a map and identity America as a
continent.
The Spanish people who reached America obtained riches
and explored new lands. They found several tribes, and they brought to Spain
some of the products that these tribes had: potatoes or tobacco.
The aboriginals learnt the language and the habits of
the Spanish conquerors and we also adopted some characteristics of their culture
and gastronomy: potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco, new commercial routes, precious
metals…
The consequences of this discovery were economic,
political and scientific consequences. The main one was that we found out new
commercial routes and new kinds of crops.
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