Journey of the Horse Culture

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The horse came to the New World
– to Hispaniola – on Christopher Columbus' second transatlantic voyage, on January 2, 1494. Hernan Cortes brought the first horses to New Spain (current-day Mexico) in 1519; Gregorio de Villalobos imported the first cattle two years later. Both animals were to bring enormous changes to the New World. Cattle, as they had been in Europe, became instruments of great wealth, first for Spaniards and later for Mexicans and Americans. The horse enabled the Spaniards to discover and conquer immense territory.

Unloading the First Cattle in North America, Tom Lea. Dallas Museum of Art



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					The horse came to the New World – to Hispaniola – on Christopher Columbus' second transatlantic voyage, on January 2, 1494. Hernan Cortes brought the first horses to New Spain (current-day Mexico) in 1519; Gregorio de Villalobos imported the first cattle two years later. Both animals were to bring enormous changes to the New World. Cattle, as they had been in Europe, became instruments of great wealth, first for Spaniards and later for Mexicans and Americans. The horse enabled the Spaniards to discover and conquer immense territory. Unloading the First Cattle in North America, Tom Lea. Dallas Museum of Art