What did Hernan Cortez have to do with the columbian exchange?

Answer 1

Cortez learned that the Aztecs treated cocoa beans as a form of currency, and that the Aztecs demanded taxes levied upon their subjugated tribes to be paid in the form of cocoa beans. One of Cortez's men, Hernando de Ovieda Valdez, reported that a rabbit could be purchased for four cocoa beans, a prostitute's services for ten, and a slave for 100. Having learned that in the new world money really did grow on trees, Cortez started to cultivate cocoa plantations. He eventually started plantations in Mexico, Trinidad, Haiti, and generally all over the Carribbean.

Answer 2

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he was a voyager and sailed on the arctic ocean for 20 years

Answer 3

Christopher Columbus is credited with introducing Europe to chocolate, however Hernan Cortez did bring back a boatload of cocoa beans when he returned to Europe from South America.