Yes. This is one item brought to Europe during the "Columbian Exchange", along other items such as corn (maize), potatoes, turkeys or beans.
It was the Spanish who first brought tomatoes to Europe. The Spanish also introduced the tomato to the Philippines and southeast Asia.
No one is quite sure if it was Christopher Columbus, or Hernan Cortes that introduced the tomato to Europe. All that can be safely said is that it was the Spanish that introduced the tomato.
He came from Spain so if any culture effected the Native Americans it would be Spanish. Mainly he introduced disease.
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the spanish brought over their catholic religion
Spanish customs in The US The gift of pinatas.
The Aztecs began growing the tomato for food around 500 B.C. Hernan Cortes was the first European to bring the tomato to Europe in the 16th century.
No one is quite sure if it was Christopher Columbus, or Hernan Cortes that introduced the tomato to Europe. All that can be safely said is that it was the Spanish that introduced the tomato.
Originaly the tomato was grown in the regions of Peru. later, it traveled to Italy., then to the Americas, etc. heidi Jacobson
The name "tomato" is directly from the Aztec xitomatl and the Nahua tomatl as said to the Spanish explorers who found the tomato in Central and South America.The present day Spanish for tomato is 'tomate' (tawMAHtay)
The word for tomato in Spanish is tomate. It is pronounced toh-MAH-teh.
The word "tomato" is masculine in Spanish, so it is "el tomate".
The word "tomato" originated from the Nahuatl language spoken by the Aztecs in Mexico.
The tomato is native to South America. They were small herbacious plants with small green fruit. When domesticated the fruit may have been yellow when grown by the Aztecs of Central America. The Aztec name was Tomatl. The Spanish explorer Cortes may have brought the tomato to Europe
From Mexico, Central and South America as Tomatl meaning a swelling fruit, brought to Europe by the Spanish in the 1550's
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It derives from the word "tomatl", in the Nahuatl language of central Mexico, where tomatoes originate from. It was then changed to tomate in Spanish and finally changed one last time to tomato in English. -------------------- 'xitomatl' is believed to be the Aztec name given to the tomato when tribes in Central America began its systematic cultivation. The modern tomato is probably derived from wild plants from South America, and there are still several varieties of wild tomatoes found in the Andes Mountains in Peru.
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