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Columbus saw the Native Americans smoking tobacco writing of "men with half-burnt wood in their hands." According to one story the first European to smoke was Rodrigo de Jerez one of the crew members with Columbus. He also brought some home with him to Spain. Spanish explorers in Mexico found the Aztecs smoking crushed tobacco leaves in corn husks. Tobacco had reached Europe as early as 1558 when a Spanish physician named Francisco Fernandez sent to the New World by King Philip II to report on products and he brought back some plants and seeds. The following year Jean Nicot the French ambassador to Portugal sent tobacco seeds to the French court of Catherine de Medici. The queen reported that the tobacco helped with her headaches and she named the new plant Nicotiana. Raleigh may not have been the first to introduce the use of tobacco to England. Some historians claim that John Hawkins brought back the leaf in 1565 after going to Florida. Either way the "dry drink" was fashionable in much of Europe by 1600.
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When was tobacco first used?
Tobacco was first used by the American Indians in about 100BC- 10AD to the gods. Only special people got to smoke and sometimes they would put tobacco in a fire.
Who first cultivated tobacco in Virginia?
Native Americans first cultivated and used tobacco.
What is tobacco used in?
Tobacco is used in cigarettes.
What was the first profitable crop grown by the Virginia colony?
Tobacco. It was not only a cash crop it was also used as the coin of the realm.
What products were used in the Virginia colony?
Tobacco
What was tobacco used for?
Tobacco is used to make cigarettes
Who invented the first billboards?
The first modern billboards were introduced in the late 19th century by the tobacco company Weyenberg Massiv-aussenwerbung (WMA) in Hamburg, Germany. They were used to promote their tobacco products.
Which was the first cash crop of the English colonies?
tobacco
What was the first cash crop in North America?
Tobacco was the first cash crop in the English Colonies in America. The first to grow tobacco was John Rolfe of Jamestown. He brought tobacco seeds he had acquired in Trinidad . By 1612, he had harvested his initial crop to be exported to Europe.
Who spred the use of tobacco?
The first mentions i found were about american indians that used it like a healing product
What was the first successful cash crop grown in the colonies?
tobacco
What does tobacco make?
Tobacco is used to make cigarettes, cigars, and snuff.
