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How Did Christopher Columbus Discover The Americas
Prior to Christopher Columbus’s exploration to the Americas, there were many things that Europe lacks and many things that the Native Americans lacked. There were no domesticated animals in America before the English came, they relied the transporting of goods on Llamas, as they were the biggest animals on the land. There were scarcely any mammals left in America after the ice age. The summer of 1492 Queen Isabella of Spain sent Columbus on the biggest and most monumental exploration that discovered the Americas.
After Columbus’ arrival news spread in Europe and by 1493 ships started arriving and the Spanish started taking over the Natives. They brought horses and metal weapons with them when they first arrived. These horses soon evolved and

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