Christoforo Columbo usually gets the credit, but it was almost certainly someone else. It is also quite possible that the Vikings encountered it on much earlier visits.
Tobacco came from plants. Tobacco came from plants because, back in the day people thought growing tobacco was important to their lives.
No, John Rolfe was the first European to grow tobacco. The Native Americans taught him.
who was the first european to come in contact with a cocao bean
Henry Hudson :)
He was the first European to encounter the Native Americans of the Bahamas and brought with him disease, death, discrimination, and invasion.
On the European continent in France.
The name "petunia" originates from the French word "petun," which was used to describe tobacco. Petunias are related to tobacco plants and were first discovered in South America by European explorers.
Henry Hudson, an English explorer working for the Dutch East India Company, is believed to be the first European to encounter what is now known as Delaware Bay in 1609. Hudson was searching for a northwest passage to Asia when he explored the area.
A global exchange of animals, plants, and diseases
Columbus's first encounter with the New World.
The first, and most successful long-term plantations in the United States were tobacco plantations.
Columbus's first encounter with the New World.