It was the other way around. The Europeans got foods/plants from the New World. Potatoes, chocolate, tomatoes, corn are some of the new foods.
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The Europeans explored the New World with ships.
Because other Africans sold them to the Europeans as slaves and the new world colonies needed workers.
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People say that the Columbian Exchange occurred but it really didn't benefit the people of the New World very much.
The vikings are believed to have discovered the new world first but Christopher Columbus "discovered the new world" in 1629