Yes. That is one reason the natives feared them. They had never seen such animals before.
The conquistadors brought horses to Latin America in 1521.
On a ship. The conquistadors brought horses with them. (Horses are not native to the Americas.)
Columbus brought horses on his second trip to No. America in 1493.
The Spanish Conquistadors brought horses. The horses make it easier for the native Americans to get around. They could cover more territory riding horses than they could on foot.
No, they were first brought by the Conquistadors and later by other Europian colonists. ================ Answer: There were horses throughout the Americas up to the end of the Pleistocene Period. They became extinct at about the same time as woolly mammoths, American camels, dire wolves, sabre-toothed cats, stag-moose and woolly rhinoceros. So yes, there were horses in South America long before the conquistadors - but they were tiny prehistoric horses, about the size of a large dog, and they became extinct long before the Spaniards arrived.
The conquistadors brought horses to Latin America in 1521.
On a ship. The conquistadors brought horses with them. (Horses are not native to the Americas.)
conquistadors brought wild horses over when they came in the U.S.A from spain.
YES
The Conquistadors wore better armor than the Inca and Aztec. Also the Conquistadors rode horses which neither the Inca or Aztec had seen before, so that added a psychological advantage to the Conquistadors. In addition to that, the Conquistadors had gunpowder.
i think it was the Spanish conquistadors.
Columbus brought horses on his second trip to No. America in 1493.
The 1500s by the Conquistadors into Inca territory
The Spanish Conquistadors brought horses. The horses make it easier for the native Americans to get around. They could cover more territory riding horses than they could on foot.
None at first; horses are not native to the Americas. Perhaps they gained one or two that escaped the conquistadors, but it is hard to know.
Yes, the spanish conquistadors brought them and they came before.
Because the Aztecs had never seen horses, they believed that the men riding in on horses were gods. Instead of fighting back against the conquistadors, they allowed them among them and even offered them gifts. By the time that they realized that the conquistadors were not gods, but enemies, it was too late for them to fight back.